disabuse

English

Etymology

From Middle French désabuser, or dis- +‎ abuse.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈbjuːz/

Verb

disabuse (third-person singular simple present disabuses, present participle disabusing, simple past and past participle disabused)

1. (transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 140:

     If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.

Synonyms

• undeceive

Translations

free of a misconception

• Dutch: ontdoen (nl), terugbrengen van een dwaling, uit de droom helpen
• French: détromper (fr), revenir de son erreur

• Spanish: desengañar (es)

Anagrams

• subideas