dissociate

Universal Words 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