disabuse

Disabuse is defined as to free from a misconception.

(verb)

An example of to disabuse is to tell children that they are not going to be having ice cream sundaes every night.

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See disabuse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb disabused, disabusing

to rid of false ideas

See disabuse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·a·bused, dis·a·bus·ing, dis·a·bus·es
To free from a falsehood or misconception: I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur.

Origin:

Origin: French désabuser

Origin: : dés-, dis-

Origin: + abuser, to delude (from Old French, to misuse; see abuse)

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