'disabuse' definitions:
Definition of 'disabuse'
From: WordNet
verb
Free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
Definition of 'disabuse'
From: GCIDE
- disabuse \dis`a*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disabused; p. pr. & vb. n. Disabusing.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F. d['e]sabuser.] To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right; -- often used with of; as, to disabuse one of his illusions. [1913 Webster]
- To undeceive and disabuse the people. --South. [1913 Webster]
- If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. --J. Adams. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disabuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amend,
- awaken,
- break the spell,
- burst the bubble,
- conflict,
- contention,
- correct,
- debunk,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disappoint,
- disenchant,
- disillude,
- disillusion,
- disillusionize,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- disunity,
- emend,
- enlighten,
- expose,
- free,
- illuminate,
- let down easy,
- let in on,
- liberate,
- prick the bubble,
- purge,
- put straight,
- rectify,
- redress,
- release,
- set right,
- set straight,
- show up,
- strife,
- tell the truth,
- unblindfold,
- uncharm,
- undeceive,
- unspell,
- wake up