Dissociate- (verb)

Definition: to end your relationship with or connection to someone or something : to separate (yourself) from someone or something

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissociate

Found in: “Quicksand” By, Nella Larsen. (P. 378)

Passage: “When she was in the street, she ran. Her only impulse was to get as far away from her uncles house, and this woman, his wife who so plainly wished to dissociate herself from the outrage of her very existence.”

After reading this definition I now understand that Helga wanted to get as far away as possible from her uncle and his wife. Her uncles wife didn’t want any type of connection or relation with Helga.

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