Cryptic crossword clue
Shrank from being engaged 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CONTRACTED

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does CONTRACTED mean?

CONTRACTED verb
  1. To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
  2. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
  3. To enter into a contract with.
  4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
  5. To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
  6. To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
  7. To gain or acquire (an illness).
  8. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
  9. To betroth; to affiance.
CONTRACTED adjective
  1. Arranged by contract; established by agreement.
  2. Made smaller by contraction.
  3. Incurred; acquired.

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