as in freeing
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation
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Recent Examples of disengaging
Frankie De La Cretaz, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Pereira will have to work on disengaging during those sequences and perhaps being a bit more offensive in those situations.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
With 40% of leaders contemplating resignation due to burnout, top talent is either stepping down or disengaging, leaving organizations vulnerable to performance decline and talent gaps.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Understanding The Dormant Customer Mix Dormant customers are not all the same; each group has reasons for disengaging with the brand.
—Pratik Bhadra, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
On one side, employees are disengaging without leaving—doing just enough to meet expectations but withholding full commitment.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
And that is the sense that supporters are not just selling their match tickets, but are emotionally disengaging from this particular campaign.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
And who can blame fans for disengaging when the Blackhawks are doing so very little to engage them?
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
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But disengaging from social media isn’t really an option, either, especially in an era when college athletes earn money by treating themselves like a brand—a right referred to as NIL (name, image, likeness).
—Frankie De La Cretaz, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Pereira will have to work on disengaging during those sequences and perhaps being a bit more offensive in those situations.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
With 40% of leaders contemplating resignation due to burnout, top talent is either stepping down or disengaging, leaving organizations vulnerable to performance decline and talent gaps.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Understanding The Dormant Customer Mix Dormant customers are not all the same; each group has reasons for disengaging with the brand.
—Pratik Bhadra, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
On one side, employees are disengaging without leaving—doing just enough to meet expectations but withholding full commitment.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
And that is the sense that supporters are not just selling their match tickets, but are emotionally disengaging from this particular campaign.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
And who can blame fans for disengaging when the Blackhawks are doing so very little to engage them?
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaging
Verb
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Netanyahu regularly cites freeing the hostages as a top priority.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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To Johnson, forcing himself to trust his ability is freeing.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Before leaving camp, Luke gives Percy a parting gift of winged shoes.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
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According to sources, the parting of the ways was mutual, with Brooks already exploring other opportunities.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
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“Disengaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengaging. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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