dissociate /(dĭs*sō"shĭ*āt)/

dis·so·ci·ate

dissociate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissociating

  1. 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.