unengage en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + engage.
Meanings
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(transitive) To rid of a marriage engagement.
Well, now she had to unengage herself, and she wasn't looking forward to the process.
2013, Cathy Williams, The Notorious Gabriel Diaz, page 131: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.
2018, Piper Rayne, Engaged to the EMT:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unengaging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unengages | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unengaged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unengaged | Tense=Past | lexicographic |