Definition of engagement

• n. - The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
• n. - The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
• n. - 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.
• n. - An action; a fight; a battle.
• n. - The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.