decondition

(dē′kən dis̸hən)

transitive verb

  1. to restore to a former or normal condition
  2. to alter or undo (a conditioned reflex or response)

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See decondition in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb de·con·di·tioned, de·con·di·tion·ing, de·con·di·tions
verb, transitive
  1. Psychology To cause (a conditioned response, such as a phobia) to become extinct.
  2. To cause to decline from a condition of physical fitness, as through a prolonged period of inactivity or, in astronauts, through weightlessness in space.
verb, intransitive
To lose physical fitness.
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