Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To remove from association.
  • intransitive verb To end an affiliation.

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  • verb To cease to have an affiliation with; to take steps to break an affiliation or association.

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Examples

  • Once you vote in a primary, however, you are considered a member of that party until and unless you "disaffiliate". "

    That Mystery Obama Endorsement? It's Lincoln Chafee 2009

  • Now the Episcopal Church has upped the ante: It has declared that if congregations break away and buy their sanctuaries, they must disaffiliate from any group that professes to be Anglican.

    Twenty-First Century Excommunication Mollie Ziegler Hemingway 2011

  • Some other Episcopalians have opted to disaffiliate rather than lose their buildings or spend years in expensive litigation.

    Twenty-First Century Excommunication Mollie Ziegler Hemingway 2011

  • Rather than agree to this demand to disaffiliate from Anglicanism, Pittsburgh's All Saints Episcopal Anglican Church last month walked away from the building it had inhabited since 1928.

    Twenty-First Century Excommunication Mollie Ziegler Hemingway 2011

  • Three of the biggest unions, Unison, the Communications Workers Union and the GMB have tabled motions at their annual conferences next month calling for members to disaffiliate from Labour.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Three of the biggest unions, Unison, the Communications Workers Union and the GMB have tabled motions at their annual conferences next month calling for members to disaffiliate from Labour.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Three of the biggest unions, Unison, the Communications Workers Union and the GMB have tabled motions at their annual conferences next month calling for members to disaffiliate from Labour.

    Couldn't run a whelk stall Not a sheep 2008

  • Recently, I have learned that several UNITE HERE joint boards and locals representing more than 150,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada are planning on holding votes of rank and file leaders on the question of whether or not to disaffiliate with our international union (of which I am the General President).

    Bruce Raynor: Union democracy, what's next for UNITE HERE 2009

  • Chancellor Falwell suggested a compromise for students to disaffiliate with the Democratic National Committee with the additional restriction of no campaigning for democratic candidates on campus who are pro-choice.

    Katie Naranjo: Liberty University Revokes College Democrats Chapter for Being UnChristian 2009

  • And the Communications Workers Union has stated that it will disaffiliate from the Labour Party in the event of any form of privatisation 4.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

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