Contact and joining

Synonyms for disengage

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineContact and joining

release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

I want to disengage myself from his influence.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

withdraw

Same sentence, swapped: I want to withdraw myself from his influence.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for disengage as it is used in the sentence above.

engage
unhand
unleash

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

cushionverbbufferprotect from impactRidgelineHas a reason line dabverbswabapply (usually a liquid) to a surfaceRidgeline dipverbplungeimmerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturateRidgelineHas a reason line ruffleverbpleatpleat or gather into a ruffleHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line runverbmoveprogress by being changedFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line scoreverbmarkassign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line integratedadjectivestructuredresembling a living organism in organization or developmentRidgeline interpretingnounrenderingan explanation of something that is not immediately obviousRidgeline

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