About The Word Disabuse
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Disabuse
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What's The Definition Of Disabuse?
[v] free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Disabuse: Related Terms | Find terms related to Disabuse: amend | awaken | break the spell | burst the bubble | conflict | contention | correct | debunk | difference | disaccord | disappoint | disenchant | disillude | disillusion | disillusionize | dissension | dissent | dissidence | disunity | emend | enlighten | expose | free | illuminate | let down easy | let in on | liberate | prick the bubble | purge | put straight | rectify | redress | release | set right | set straight | show up | strife | tell the truth | unblindfold | uncharm | undeceive | unspell | wake up See Also | inform Disabuse In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`a*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabused}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Disabusing}.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F.
d['e]sabuser.]
To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from
fallacy or deception; to set right.
To undeceive and disabuse the people. --South.
If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse
themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition,
they will consider this event as an era in their
history. --J. Adams.
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