disengage
This disengagement from social life is thought to be natural in older people, but there is no reason why it should be.
Network TV has concerns over the disengagement of younger viewers.
I think it comes down to apathy or selfish disengagement in the case of many people.
The rising sophistication of electronics has accelerated society's disengagement with nature.
He called for a ceasefire and disengagement of forces.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Abstaining and refraining
abstain
abstain from something
abstainer
abstemious
abstemiously
cut
desist
fast
forbear
forbearance
give up
hors de combat
pull
pull back
step
step back
stop
stop short of somethingidiom
touch
truck