disabuse
[verb]
Synonyms: purge, undeceive, undelude

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Contrasted words: deceive, delude, mislead, dupe, gull
Related Idioms: open one's eyes, prick the (or one's) bubble, puncture one's balloon, set (or put) right (or straight)
Related Words: amend, correct, emend, rectify, redress, disillude, disillusion, unblind, enlighten, illuminate, free, liberate, release

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dis‧a‧buse /ˌdɪsəˈbjuːz/ verb [transitive] formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: dis- + ⇒ abuse² 'to deceive' (15-18 centuries)]
to persuade someone that what they believe is not true
disabuse somebody of something
I tried to disabuse him of that notion.

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