Verb

(disengag)

(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.

{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , Disengaging myself then from his embrace, I made him sensible of the reasons there were for his present leaving me; on which, though reluctantly, he put on his cloaths with as little expedition, however, as he could help, wantonly interrupting himself, between whiles, with kisses, touches and embraces I could not refuse myself to. }}

* 1982 , Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe, and Everything

Ford still had his hand stuck out. Arthur looked at it with incomprehension.
"Shake," prompted Ford.
Arthur did, nervously at first, as if it might turn out to be a fish. Then he grasped it vigorously with both hands in an overwhelming flood of relief. He shook it and shook it.
After a while Ford found it necessary to disengage .

Verb

To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.

* , chapter=6

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}

To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.

* 2010 , Gary Haymes, Go Beyond Stress

You are supported, so you can just let go and relax. Inhale and slowly exhale.

(euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.

(euphemistic) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.

# (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight

Wow, dude! You've really let''' yourself '''go this time!