Associations to the word «Dissociate»

Wiktionary

DISSOCIATE, verb. (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
DISSOCIATE, verb. (intransitive) To part; to stop associating.
DISSOCIATE, verb. (chemistry) (transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
DISSOCIATE, verb. (chemistry) (intransitive) To undergo dissociation.
DISSOCIATE, verb. (psychology) (intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

Dictionary definition

DISSOCIATE, verb. Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president".
DISSOCIATE, verb. Regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology".
DISSOCIATE, verb. To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King