disengagement
Stepping away mentally
Disengagement is the act of withdrawing from involvement or commitment.
Military forces disengage when they pull back from combat.
A country's disengagement from a region means reducing its presence or intervention there.
The word applies to personal withdrawal too: His emotional disengagement from the marriage was obvious long before the divorce.
In psychology, disengagement describes detachment from situations that once commanded attention or investment.
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- coldnessLow temperature state
- numbnessLoss of sensation
indifference · remoteness · disconnection · distancing · reserve · apathy · unconcern · disinterest
Chronic occupational depletion
- disconnectionState of being severed
- demotivationLoss of drive
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
turnover · presenteeism · apathy · withdrawal · alienation · underperformance · detachment · indifference
Act of taking away
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- pulloutOrganized departure or removal
- extractionAct of removing
redeployment · evacuation · demobilization · drawdown · exit · departure · ceasefire · de-escalation
Formal refusal to vote
- nonparticipationRefusal to be involved
- nonvotingWithout electoral say
- apoliticismIntentional political disengagement
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
disillusionment · disenfranchisement · alienation · cynicism · dropout · opt-out · noninvolvement · disconnection
To let go
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
- uncouplingAct of disconnecting
- disconnectionState of being severed
- separationState of being apart
detachment · declutching · unhooking · unfastening · unlatch · disentanglement · freeing · decoupling
Act of taking away
- terminationAct of ending something
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- exitWay to leave
- pulloutOrganized departure or removal
ending · breakoff · severance · departure · halt · stoppage · conclusion · suspension
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- coldnessLow temperature state
numbness · indifference · remoteness · disconnection · distancing · reserve · apathy · unconcern · disinterest · impassivity
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
- disconnectionState of being severed
- demotivationLoss of drive
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
absenteeism · turnover · presenteeism · apathy · withdrawal · alienation · underperformance · detachment · indifference · disillusionment
withdrawal
Act of taking away
extraction · redeployment · evacuation · demobilization · drawdown · exit · departure · ceasefire · de-escalation · disarmament
abstention
Formal refusal to vote
- nonparticipationRefusal to be involved
- nonvotingWithout electoral say
- apoliticismIntentional political disengagement
disaffection · disillusionment · disenfranchisement · alienation · cynicism · dropout · opt-out · noninvolvement · disconnection · withdrawal
release
To let go
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
- uncouplingAct of disconnecting
- disconnectionState of being severed
separation · detachment · declutching · unhooking · unfastening · unlatch · disentanglement · freeing · decoupling · undocking
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- terminationAct of ending something
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- exitWay to leave
pullout · ending · breakoff · severance · departure · halt · stoppage · conclusion · suspension · abandonment
- avoidanceavoidance, distancing, evasion, dodging, pulling away
- boredomboredom, ennui, tedium, monotony, dullness
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- inactioninaction, passivity, doing nothing, stillness, immobility
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- isolationloneliness, quarantine, seclusion, lockdown, solitude
disengagementengagement
Commitment to wed or attend
involvement · participation · immersion · integration · entanglement
disengagementengagement
Commitment to wed or attend
attachment · interest · caring · passion · enthusiasm
disengagementengagement
Commitment to wed or attend
intervention · deployment · military engagement · escalation · occupation