Dissociating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dissociate \dis*so"ci*ate\ (d[i^]s*s[=o]"sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Dissociated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissociating}.]
     [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- +
     sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See {Social}.]
     To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to
     disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete


     substance.
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           Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly
           dissociated himself from the reformer.   --A. W. Ward.
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