disaffiliate
Sever organizational ties
To disaffiliate is to end a formal connection or membership with an organization, group, or institution.
A local chapter might disaffiliate from a national organization over policy disagreements: The union voted to disaffiliate from the federation.
The noun disaffiliation describes this severing of ties.
Voluntarily leave office
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- secedeFormally leave a group
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
- leaveSanctioned time away
quit · depart · separate · break away · drop out · opt out · pull out · stand down
Formal withdrawal from union
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- separationState of being apart
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- splitSeparation into parts
break · departure · defection · disengagement · pullout · exit · leave-taking · detachment
State of being isolated
- distancingCreating space or separation
- riftCrack or estrangement
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
breach · falling out · division · discord · disunity · fragmentation · isolation · ostracism
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- liberationRelease from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
freedom · nonalignment · self-governance · going solo · standing alone · breaking free · self-reliance · unattached
resign
Voluntarily leave office
leave · quit · depart · separate · break away · drop out · opt out · pull out · stand down · step away
secession
Formal withdrawal from union
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- separationState of being apart
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
split · break · departure · defection · disengagement · pullout · exit · leave-taking · detachment · dissociation
alienation
State of being isolated
- distancingCreating space or separation
- riftCrack or estrangement
- schismFormal organizational fracture
rupture · breach · falling out · division · discord · disunity · fragmentation · isolation · ostracism · exclusion
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- liberationRelease from constraint
emancipation · freedom · nonalignment · self-governance · going solo · standing alone · breaking free · self-reliance · unattached · non-affiliated