Third-person singular present tense of disassociate; removes or breaks connection with something.
From disassociate + -s (third person singular marker). The -s ending comes from Old English verbal inflection patterns.
In corporate scandals, you'll often hear statements like 'the company disassociates itself from the former executive's actions'—it's a legal strategy to separate the institution from individual wrongdoing.
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