(~s, dissociating, ~d)
1.
If you ~ yourself from something or someone, you say or show that you are not connected with them, usually in order to avoid trouble or blame.
It is getting harder for the president to ~ himself from the scandal.
VERB: V pron-refl from n
2.
If you ~ one thing from another, you consider the two things as separate from each other, or you separate them. (FORMAL)
Almost the first lesson they learn is how to ~ emotion from reason.
= divorce
VERB: V n from n
dissociation
The war between the sexes should not result in their complete dissociation from one another.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N from n