Main Entry: dis·so·ci·ate

Pronunciation: \(ˌ)di-ˈsō-shē-ˌāt, -sē-\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): dis·so·ci·at·ed; dis·so·ci·at·ing

Etymology: Latin dissociatus, past participle of dissociare, from dis- + sociare to join, from socius companion — more at social

Date: 1582

transitive verb 1 : to separate from association or union with another <attempts to dissociate herself from her past>
2 : disunite; specifically : to subject to chemical dissociationintransitive verb 1 : to undergo dissociation
2 : to mutate especially reversibly