Scrabble?! DISSOCIATION

Definitions of DISSOCIATION in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of removing from association

noun - a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

noun - (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions

The act of dissociating or the condition of having been dissociated.

Chemistry.

The chemical process by means of which a change in physical condition, as in pressure or temperature, or the action of a solvent causes a molecule to split into simpler groups of atoms, single atoms, or ions.

The separation of an electrolyte into ions of opposite charge.

The process by which some microbes differentiate or mutate.

Separation of a group of related psychological activities into autonomously functioning units, as in the generation of multiple personalities.