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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca