disabuse
to free someone from a false belief or misconception
Word origin: From French desabuser, from abuser, to deceive.
Disabuse in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing disabuse in a sentence.
Let me disabuse you of the notion that this job is easy.
The professor sought to disabuse her students of the notion that history moves in a straight line toward progress.
Using “disabuse” well
Disabuse means to free someone from a mistaken belief, pairing with undeceive and enlighten. It is almost always followed by of and implies correcting an error someone already holds.
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