disassociate

Meanings

verbdisassociate (third-person singular simple present disassociates, present participle disassociating, simple past and past participle disassociated)

present singular third person disassociates · participle present disassociating · participle past disassociated · past disassociated

To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
If the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.
2 more examples
After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a group that promotes conservatism on college campuses, has kicked one of its prominent speakers, Michelle Malkin, to the curb. […] YAF did exactly the right thing by disassociating itself from Malkin for coming to Fuentes’ defense.
2019 November 20, Dexter Van Zile, “Right-Wing Holocaust Denial — in America”, in The Algemeiner, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2020
transitiveTo separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis.
The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.
intransitiveTo separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve.
The fibers of this nonwoven textile disassociated when I tried to wash it.
alternativeproscribedAlternative form of dissociate.