disengage

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If this is the case, then let's rather find ways to disentangle ourselves from that situation (the word disengage would have been more suitable, but it's now discredited).

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  1. transitive verb To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles. See Synonyms at extricate.
  2. transitive verb To release (oneself) from an engagement, pledge, or obligation.
  3. intransitive verb To free or detach oneself; withdraw.

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  • The whistle sounds again, when immediately the performers set to partners, if I may use the expression; after a while they disengage, and begin circling round the fire singly—men and women alternately. —  Memoir of Wm Watts McNair
  • They disengage, all but one hand, which Ziomek clings to and turning, drags after him toward the kitchen, talking all the while. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 01 - January 2000
  • Forced to disengage, he belly-landed his Airacobra with difficulty and was carried to a hospital. —  Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
  • The cloak didn't disengage, but they sat staring at each other for a moment. —  Wraithbait
  • The receiver has external antenna sockets, but there is no way to disengage the built in whip or AM bar antenna. —  eHam.net News
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disengage:   disengaged
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  1. from Old French desengager, French désengager, from des- privative + engager, engage: see dis- and engage.
 

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/dɪsɛnˈgeɪdʒ/
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