engagement

engagement is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

[2] The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

[3] That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office. Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league. Milton.

[4] An action; a fight; a battle. In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden.

[5] The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.