Engagement /(?)/

En·gage·ment

Engagement

n.
  1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
  2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
  3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.
    Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league.
  4. An action; a fight; a battle. (Mil.)
    In hot engagement with the Moors.
  5. The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part. (Mach.)