[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act or instance of dissociating.", "the state of being dissociated; disjunction; separation:the dissociation of church and state.", "Physical Chemistry.the reversible resolution or decomposition of a complex substance into simpler constituents caused by variation in physical conditions, as when water gradually decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen under great heat in such a way that when the temperature is lowered the liberated elements recombine. electrolytic dissociation electrolytic dissociation.", "the reversible resolution or decomposition of a complex substance into simpler constituents caused by variation in physical conditions, as when water gradually decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen under great heat in such a way that when the temperature is lowered the liberated elements recombine.", "electrolytic dissociation electrolytic dissociation.", "Psychiatry.the splitting off of a group of mental processes from the main body of consciousness, as in amnesia or certain forms of hysteria."]}]