DISSOCIATE

disassociate [verb] [T] - to consider as separate and not relatedI can't dissociate the man from his political opinions - they're one and the same thing.If you dissociate yourself from something or someone you make it publicly known that you are not in any way connected to or responsible for them, often to avoid blame or embarrassment.When he saw how badly it had been made, the writer dissociated himself from the film. [T]