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Disabuse

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone). transitive

    "I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment."

  2. 2
    free somebody (from an erroneous belief) wordnet

Etymology

From dis- + abuse. Compare French désabuser.

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