'dissociate' definitions:
Definition of 'dissociate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" [syn: disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint]
verb
Regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" [syn: decouple, dissociate] [ant: associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in]
verb
To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
Definition of 'dissociate'
From: GCIDE
- dissociate \dis*so"ci*ate\ (d[i^]s*s[=o]"sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissociating.] [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See Social.] To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. [1913 Webster]
- Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. --A. W. Ward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissociate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- abstract,
- alienate,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- catalyze,
- cut adrift,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- delete,
- depart,
- detach,
- dialyze,
- disarticulate,
- disassociate,
- disconnect,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- distance,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- eject,
- electrolyze,
- estrange,
- expel,
- hydrolyze,
- isolate,
- leave,
- part,
- photolyze,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- sever,
- shut off,
- split,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- step aside,
- subtract,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- uncouple,
- unyoke,
- withdraw