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Definition of involvement : The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

Synonyms:

interest group, participate, closeness, mesh, battle, date, employment, meshing, free, reflection, intricacy, social function, pastime, stake, social occasion, familiarity, elaboration, interlocking, betrothal, engagement, interest, intimacy, embranglement, elaborateness, preoccupation, fight, conflict, appointment, ensnarement, troth, involution, pursuit, participation, liaison, study, thing, matter, contact, sake, amour, affair, function, enfolding, booking, exponentiation, affaire, sharing, inter-group communication, interestingness, link, occasion

embroilment, association, responsibility, relationship

integration, marriage, composition, encompassment, inclusion, embodiment, incorporation, envelopment, enmeshment, partnership, entanglement, relation, wedding, membership

difficulty, crisis, quandary, embarrassment

Usage examples:

• These forms of citizen involvement in public affairs- prompted partly by the sheer size of the new demands for service and partly because the newcomers to Fairfax County came from areas where wide participation in local government was taken for granted- had a profound effect on the County's historic outlook on public affairs. - "The Fairfax County Courthouse", Ross D. Netherton Ruby Waldeck.
• The passions that were astir among men, the mad results to which they were leading, the possible involvement of several of those whom I loved, a general trembling of evil in the air, made study difficult for the moment. - "Daisy", Elizabeth Wetherell.
• The crippling of our foreign intelligence services increases the danger of American involvement in direct armed conflict. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.