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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def depersist(self, key):
 """ Remove ``key`` from dictionary. :param key: Key to remove from Zookeeper. :type key: string """

        self.connection.retry(self.connection.delete, self.__path_of(key))
        self.__increment_last_updated()