disabuse

Verb

Meaning

To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

undeceive free release correct brief tell deliver inform disappointed rid expose relieve dump disappointing purge
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Antonyms

gull bluff have convert kid cozen
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Hypernyms

inform

Derivatives

disabused disabusing

Examples

If any of my readers set out with the notion that that all races of men think and act much in the same way as educated Englishmen, the evidence of superstitious belief and custom collected in this work should suffice to disabuse him of so erroneous a prepossession. James Frazer

Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy. Shawn Achor

Answer honestly... Disabuse me of my ignorance. Stephen Colbert

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity. Joyce Maynard

It's pretty easy to kind of lose your way. Having kids is really helpful. They kind of disabuse you of the notion of your greatness pretty quickly. Matt Damon

“As for Boko Haram, we try to disabuse the mind of the people and I think our people now understand the basic dishonesty in it. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disablism disablist disabusal disabused disabuser disacceptance