DISSOCIATING
Verb
dissociating
present participle of dissociate
Source: Wiktionary
DISSOCIATE
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