disenˈgagedness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being disengaged; freedom from ties, engagement, obligation, or prepossession.
| 1685 tr. Gracian's Courtier's Orac. 195 To speak clearly..shews not onely a disengagedness, but also a vivacity of wit. 1754 Edwards Freed. Will. ii. xiii. 133 The more the Soul has of this Disengagedness in its acting, the more Liberty. 1849 J. Hamilton Let. in Life viii. (1870) 353, I have a singular sensation of disengagedness. 1887 E. Gurney Tertium Quid I. 250 The application of it requires disengagedness and common-sense. |