decondition

[ dee-kuhn-dish-uhn ]

verb (used with object)

1. to diminish the physical strength, stamina, or vitality of; weaken.
2. to diminish or eliminate the conditioned condition responses or behavior patterns of.

Word History and Origins

Origin of decondition¹

First recorded in 1935–40; de- + condition

Example Sentences

Furthermore, he says, “we decondition quickly following injury or life getting in our ways.”

From Washington Post

It might have been tougher for him 200 years ago, when they hadn't learned to decondition children early from parental fixations.

From Project Gutenberg