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disabuse
Meaning: to free someone from a mistaken belief
disabuse in a sentence
How disabuse is used in real sentences:
The evidence quickly disabused investigators of their original theory.
The guide disabused us of the notion that the climb would be easy.
“The board chairman tried to disabuse her of the belief that missing vouchers mattered, insisting that frontier business required flexibility.”
— from the passage The Season of Reckoning
Synonyms for disabuse
Other words for disabuse — correct, enlighten and undeceive — carry the same meaning.
- correct
- enlighten
- undeceive
Antonyms of disabuse
Words that mean the opposite of disabuse:
- mislead
- deceive
- delude
Where it comes from
From French désabuser, meaning 'to free from deception.'
Memory hook
DIS-ABUSE means 'remove the misuse': disabuse someone by removing a false idea.