Disabuse

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  • transitive verb. To free from a falsehood or misconception.
    • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right; -- often used with of.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
    • Word Usage
    "This talent to disabuse is in large part the obverse of Coward’s capacity for shrewd self-assessment."
    Form
    disabused  disabusing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inform  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruce  Chartreuse  Cruz  Druse  Druze  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amend  awaken  break the spell  burst the bubble  conflict  
    verb-form
    disabused  disabuses  disabusing  
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