Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-EN-GAGE'MENT
DIS-EN-GAG'ED-NESSDIS-EN-GAG'ING
DIS-EN-GAGE'MENT, n.
- A setting free; separation; extrication. It easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. – Lavoisier.
- The act of separating or detaching.
- Liberation or release from obligation.
- Freedom from attention; vacancy; leisure.
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