dissociate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- break away, break off, part company, quit
- separate, detach, disconnect, distance, divorce, isolate, segregate, set apart

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Antonyms: associate
Related Words: alienate, estrange

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dis‧so‧ci‧ate /dɪˈsəʊʃieɪt, -sieɪt $ -ˈsoʊ-/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: dissociare, from sociare 'to join']

1. to do or say something to show that you do not agree with the views or actions of someone with whom you had a connection
dissociate yourself from something
I wish to dissociate myself from Mr Irvine’s remarks.

2. technical to regard two things or people as separate and not connected to each other Antonym : associate
—dissociation /dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən -siˈeɪ- $ -ˌsoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]

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