Disengagement — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

to break off a military action with an enemy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɹˈɛntʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪsɛŋɡˈeɪdʒmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪsɛŋɡˈeɪdʒmənt/

5 syllables Say it as /dɹˈɛntʃ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pullout fallback detachment

Word Forms

detach	verb	cause to become detached or separated; take off
disengage	verb	release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
fall back	verb	move back and away from
pull out	verb	move out or away

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Loslösung

der Akt des Lösens einer Bindung oder Verbindung

🇫🇷French

désengagement

l'acte de se libérer d'un attachement ou d'une connexion

🇪🇸Spanish

retirada

el acto de liberarse de un apego o conexión

🇮🇹Italian

disimpegno

l'atto di liberarsi da un attaccamento o da una connessione

🇳🇱Dutch

terugtrekking

de handeling van het loslaten van een gehechtheid of verbinding

🇵🇹Portuguese

desligamento

o ato de se libertar de um apego ou conexão

🇷🇺Russian

разъединение

акт освобождения от привязанности или связи

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मुक्ति

किसी लगाव या संबंध से मुक्त होने की क्रिया या भाव

🇧🇩Bengali

বিচ্ছিন্নতা

একটি সংযুক্তি বা সংযোগ থেকে মুক্তির কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

விலகல்

இணைப்பு அல்லது இணைப்பிலிருந்து விடுவிக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

విడదీయడం

అటాచ్‌మెంట్ లేదా కనెక్షన్ నుండి విడుదల చేసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

सुटका

संलग्नक किंवा कनेक्शनमधून सोडण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

છૂટાછેડા

જોડાણ અથવા જોડાણમાંથી મુક્ત કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಿಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆ

ಲಗತ್ತು ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಪರ್ಕದಿಂದ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിച്ഛേദിക്കൽ

ഒരു അറ്റാച്ചുമെൻ്റിൽ നിന്നോ കണക്ഷനിൽ നിന്നോ റിലീസ് ചെയ്യുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਛੋੜਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਅਟੈਚਮੈਂਟ ਜਾਂ ਕੁਨੈਕਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

علیحدگی

منسلکہ یا کنکشن سے رہائی کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

脱离接触

摆脱依恋或联系的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

離脱

執着やつながりから解放する行為

🇰🇷Korean

해방

애착이나 연결을 해제하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

buông tha

hành động giải phóng khỏi tệp đính kèm hoặc kết nối

🇹🇭Thai

การเลิกจ้าง

การกระทำของการปล่อยจากสิ่งที่แนบมาหรือการเชื่อมต่อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pelepasan

tindakan melepaskan dari keterikatan atau koneksi

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkakahiwalay

ang pagkilos ng pagpapakawala mula sa isang attachment o koneksyon

🇲🇾Malay

pengasingan

perbuatan melepaskan daripada lampiran atau sambungan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فك الارتباط

فعل التحرر من مرفق أو اتصال

🇮🇷Persian

جداسازی

عمل رها شدن از یک پیوست یا اتصال

🇹🇷Turkish

ayrılma

bir ek veya bağlantıdan kurtulma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

התנתקות

פעולת השחרור מהיקשרות או חיבור

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