Noun : a business engagement. ,They announced their engagement. ,All his time seems to be taken up with social engagements. ,Her engagement at the nightclub will last five weeks. ,We have had two very costly engagements with the enemy this week alone.    From Dictionary.com. 

He was concerned that the UN policy of non-engagement with the.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Herbert the disinherited, but also to her non-engagement with Owen the heir.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castle Richmond] Reference

My my non-engagement with every tin horn dictator and thug in the world, this is our problem?.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Fundraising Letter, Obama Attacks Hillary For "Standing Behind Bush's Policy Of Non-Engagement"] Reference

Indeed this is related to the problem of non-engagement with the ethnic-interest-group literature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-02] Reference

Yeah but after nine presidents and forty-five years, the policy of non-engagement is finally paying dividends.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain To Hit Obama On Cuba Policy, Willingness To Meet With Raul Castro] Reference

By that, I mean I thought privately that we should have amended, or relaxed, our general non-engagement policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autobiography of Malcolm X]

The implication was that if you object to George Bush's policies of non-engagement, then, you know, you are being soft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2008] Reference

His campaign lies and says Hillary supports Bush's policy of non-engagement which is an utter and complete fabrication.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Clarifies Position On Meeting With Foreign Leaders] Reference

We can also choose the path of non-engagement when it comes to posters that are of a bit more unsavory makeup in their responses.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNEws Demands Civility Among Disagreeing Progressives] Reference

As for the new strategy, one thing we should be clear about is that the issue has never been engagement or non-engagement with the NCP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jerry Fowler: Now We Need Presidential Leadership] Reference

They have inherited a position that has been developed over decades of careful and calculated Labor Party reticence, parsing and non-engagement with the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Speech: Labor���s Little Australia] Reference

To fret over things like the outward appearance to non-vegans of using vegan soap and avoiding honey is a non-engagement with issues that deserve our attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [2009 July « paper fruit] Reference

They have both dismissed his call for renewed diplomacy as "naive" while mistakenly standing behind George Bush's policy of non-engagement that just isn't working.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Fundraising Letter, Obama Attacks Hillary For "Standing Behind Bush's Policy Of Non-Engagement"] Reference

I'm trying to stay away from political stuff now, but I do have a question for someone knowledgeable: what in the world is the purpose of our non-engagement with Cuba?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

The non-engagement is fueled more by the repeat business.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

This is turning into a long argument for non-engagement today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

Carolyn Hax: Actually, this fits into the non-engagement theme, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

Which is to say, their rules of engagement are rules of non-engagement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

That seems to follow the non-engagement "get out of Silicon Valley" argument.    From Wordnik.com.  [TechCrunch] Reference

And engagement has been a bit weaker than the non-engagement part of the business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

"I again urge you to reconsider your policy of non-engagement in the United States.".    From Wordnik.com.  [New Statesman] Reference

United States is about to change its self-defeating policy of non-engagement with Iran.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

As civically responsible citizens, We the People no longer are afforded the luxury of non-engagement.    From Wordnik.com.  [ChronWatch - Articles] Reference

The source said that non-engagement with each other had created leverages for terror groups to wreck further havoc.    From Wordnik.com.  [rediff.com] Reference

But the vast majority of what's made by the moviemaking establishing-in this county anyway-is about non-engagement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alliance of Women Film Journalists] Reference

He also repealed the policy of non-engagement with Iran so we have a chance at stopping their nuclear weapons program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

What it is is naive and counter-productive - encouraging non-engagement in the wider community and political ignorance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cosmodaddy] Reference

• Our call for the Obama Administration to make clear that the past policy of non-engagement as a strategy toward Syria is over.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

But committee chairman Michael Gapes said the committee saw "few signs that the current policy of non-engagement with Hamas" was effective.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

Our non-engagement jewelry category experienced modest growth for the quarter and this category carries a higher average gross margin than the engagement category.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

Will attend the conference, apparently quivering at the prospect of "non-engagement.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Infidel Bloggers Alliance] Reference

We see few signs that the current policy of non-engagement with Hamas is achieving the Quartet’s stated objectives.    From Wordnik.com.  [British MPs display their famed grasp of logic and principle] Reference

Generally speaking, Israel’s policy is one of non-engagement until it’s attacked … then it strikes back with disproportional force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bolton: Either Iran Gets Nukes Or ‘Israel Or Somebody Else Uses Military Force To Stop It’] Reference