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Definition of Non-engagement
1. Noun. Withdrawing from the activities of a group.
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Specialized synonyms: Isolation, Neutrality
Antonyms: Engagement, Involvement, Participation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Non-engagement
Literary usage of Non-engagement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Musical World (1856)
"So far from doing Mrs. Sunderland harm, her non-engagement at the late Bradford
Festival has done more to sound her name abroad than even the report of her ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"[His non-engagement by Laporte in the season of 1840 was the cause of the series
of riots which began in April 29, and resulted in victory ..."
3. A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms by William Hazlitt (1906)
"... once more grant him his Habeas Corpus, and release him from the restrictions
and obligations of his non-engagement. The obvious questions for the public ..."
4. The Musical World (1860)
"... brief and insufficient account of the arrangements for the forthcoming season,
reasons are assigned for the non-engagement of several popular vocalists. ..."
5. Lectures on Colonization and Colonies by Herman Merivale (1842)
"... peded the engagement of labourers with large families, but I do " not attribute
to that cause the non-engagement of the people by " the ' Navarino. ..."
6. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1908)
"... Frau Rauch Wernau (see vol. iii), makes a failure as "Ortrud" at Weimar ;
which may haply account for Rosalie Wolfram's non-engagement there as actress. ..."
7. A Manual of Obstetrics by William Alexander Newman Dorland (1896)
"(2) Non- engagement of the presenting part. There is one well-recognized exception
to this contraindication—namely, in marginal placenta ..."
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