verb [VN]
1 (also disassociate) ~ yourself / sb from sb/sth to say or do sth to show that you are not connected with or do not support sb/sth; to make it clear that sth is not connected with a particular plan, action, etc:
He tried to dissociate himself from the party's more extreme views. * They were determined to dissociate the UN from any agreement to impose sanctions.
2 ~ sb/sth (from sth) (formal) to think of two people or things as separate and not connected with each other:
She tried to dissociate the two events in her mind.
OPPASSOCIATE
dissociation noun [U]:
the dissociation of political and moral ideas
