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unengage

verb

Etymology

From un- + engage.

  1. derived from *wedʰ-✻ — “to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”
  2. derived from *wadją✻ — “pledge, guarantee”
  3. derived from *wadjōną✻ — “to pledge, secure”
  4. derived from *an-✻
  5. derived from *anwadjōn✻ — “to pledge”
  6. derived from engagier — “to pledge, engage”
  7. inherited from engagen
  8. prefixed as unengage — “un + engage”

Definitions

  1. To rid of a marriage engagement.

    • Well, now she had to unengage herself, and she wasn't looking forward to the process.
    • How the heck do you unengage the girl you're dating so that one day you can ask her again...probably, maybe? None of these thoughts occurred to me when I fell down on bended knee the first time.

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