| action | engagement, combat, fighting |
| action | encounter, engagement, exploit |
| close | engagement, encounter, confrontation |
| course | bout, engagement, encounter |
| encounter | skirmish, assault, engagement |
| hour | [time of] appointment, engagement, meeting |
| promise | have an engagement elsewhere |
| stratagem | soldierly action, well commanded engagement |
| troth-plight | engagement, act of betrothal |