Disabuse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To free from a falsehood or misconception: I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right; -- often used with of.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To free from mistake; undeceive; relieve from fallacy or deception; set right: as, it is our duty to disabuse ourselves of false notions and prejudices.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
    • Verb Form
    disabused    disabuses    disabusing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inform   
    Form
    disabused    disabusing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    undeceive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruce    Chartreuse    Cruz    Druse    Druze   
     
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