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“disengaged” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

disengaged
Detached, etc., past participle of the verbs.
Unoccupied, occupationibus exsolutus (if one has freed one’s self from business): vacuus (with nothing on one’s hands to do: or, of time, etc., with nothing requiring to be done; also of a female not married or engaged to be married; e.g., vacuis indicere nuptias, Pseud. Quint.): otiosus: feriatus (taking a holiday): nullis negotiis implicitus (Cic., N.D., 1, 19, 51): *a nullo vocatus or invitatus (not invited by anybody): to be disengaged, vacuum, otiosum, etc., esse; nihil negotii habere (have no business): *ad neminem promisisse (to have accepted no engagement to dinner, etc.; after Cic., 2 De Orat., 22, 77, quod ad fratrem promiserat).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for disengaged?
The usual Latin words for “disengaged” are vacuus, ōtiōsus, fērior; also invītō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.