depenetration

English

Etymology

de- +‎ penetration

Noun

depenetration (uncountable)

1. The reverse of a process of penetration, where something or somebody withdraws or is no longer connected or embedded.
   • 1990, Helena Rytövuori-Apunen, Peace Research in Scandinavia, 1959-1986, page 246:

     If the first phase in development thinking may be referred to as penetration, the second, as its dialectical counterpart, is indigenization: an intellectual mobilization for depenetration.

   • 2013, Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi, Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, page 110:

     The social depenetration process is the mirror image of social penetration in that self-disclosure becomes less personal and less frequent.