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Syn. -- To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.

Dis`en*gage", v. i. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.

From a friends's grave how soon we disengage!

Young.

Dis`en*gaged" (?), a. Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness (#), n.

Dis`en*gage"ment (?), n. [Pref. dis- + engagement: cf. F. désengagement.] 1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.

It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses.

Transl. of Lavoisier.

A disengagement from earthly trammels.

Sir W. Jones.

2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.

Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment.

Bp. Butler.

Dis`en*ga"ging (?), a. Loosing; setting free; detaching.

Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.

Dis`en*no"ble (?), v. t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.

An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man.

Guardian.

Dis`en*roll" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disenrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disenrolling.] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne.

Dis`en*san"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + sanity.] Insanity; folly. [Obs.]

What tediosity and disensanity Is here among!

Beau. & Fl.

Dis`en*shroud"ed (?), a. Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

The disenshrouded statue.

R. Browning.

Dis`en*slave" (?), v. t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.

He shall disenslave and redeem his soul.

South.