DISSOCIATE

decouple, dissociate

(verb) regard as unconnected; “you must dissociate these two events!”; “decouple our foreign policy from ideology”

disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint

(verb) part; cease or break association with; “She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

dissociate (third-person singular simple present dissociates, present participle dissociating, simple past and past participle dissociated)

(transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

(intransitive) To part; to stop associating.

(chemistry, transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

(chemistry, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

(psychology, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

Antonyms

• associate

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*so"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissociating.] Etym: [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See Social.]

Definition: To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. A. W. Ward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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