Antonyms for engage

change:

disengage.

hire for job, use:

dismiss, release, refuse, expel, spend, decline, banish, fire, lose, break up, eject, give up, reject, oust, surrender, disconnect, free, discharge, break off, let go, yield, cancel, shun, give, defuse.

interconnect; bring into operation:

disunite, Unlink, detach.

occupy oneself; engross:

disinterest, disenchant, offend, bore, repulse, repel, turn off, neglect, disgust, forget, ignore.

promise to marry:

disavow, deny, loosen, break, untie, unfasten, let off, loose, disagree, fail, fall behind.

start a fight; attack:

retreat.

noun:

pall, lock out, unbind, renege, ax, jade, evade, unloose, lay off, weary, discharge, untie, free, set free, elude, unfasten, furlough, loose, escape, retreat, bore.