disabuse
to free someone from a false belief or misconception
Word origin: From French desabuser, from abuser, to deceive.
Disabuse in a sentence
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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.
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The treaty's terms were deliberately blank, allowing each side to interpret the key clauses in whatever way best suited its own interests.
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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