unengage

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verb

To rid of a marriage engagement.

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Meanings

verbunengage (third-person singular simple present unengages, present participle unengaging, simple past and past participle unengaged)

present singular third person unengages · participle present unengaging · participle past unengaged · past unengaged

  1. transitiveTo 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
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    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

Origin

From un- + engage.

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APA

unengage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unengage

MLA

“unengage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unengage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unengage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unengage.

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