disassociate

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.

   After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.

2. verb To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis.

   The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.

3. verb To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve.

   The fibers of this nonwoven textile disassociated when I tried to wash it.

4. verb Alternative form of dissociate.

Similar words

dissociate displace decouple unbundle sever detach reject separate distinguish disengage

Often followed by

themselves himself the itself from myself ourselves herself yourself his

Word family

disassociated disassociates disassociating disassociation disassociations