decondition

[dee-kuh n-dish-uh n]

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of decondition

First recorded in 1935–40; de- + condition

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