Disengage

Dis·en·gage

Disengage

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging

  1. To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
    To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed.
    Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process.
    — Transl. of Lavoisier.

Disengage

v. i.
  1. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
    From a friends's grave how soon we disengage!