dissociate
verb
[ dɪˈsəʊʃɪeɪt ]
• (especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate.
• "the word ‘spiritual’ has become for many dissociated from religion"
Similar:
separate,
detach,
disconnect,
sever,
cut off,
divorce,
set apart,
segregate,
distinguish,
isolate,
alienate,
• (with reference to a molecule) split into separate smaller atoms, ions, or molecules, especially reversibly.
• "these compounds are dissociated by solar radiation to yield atoms of chlorine"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin dissociat- ‘separated’, from the verb dissociare, from dis- (expressing reversal) + sociare ‘join together’ (from socius ‘companion’).
