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Disabuse

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disillusionizenoun(transitive) To disillusion, disabuse, free from illusion.
undeceiveverb(transitive) To free from misconception, deception or error.
disenchantverb(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
disilludeverb(transitive) To free from illusion.
dispelverb(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
disillusioniseverbAlternative spelling of disillusionize. [(transitive) To disillusion, disabuse, free from illusion.]
disillusionnoun(countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief or illusion.
unbaffleverb(transitive) To free from bafflement; to unconfuse or enlighten.
clear upverb(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.
deconfuseverb(transitive) To free from confusion; to enlighten or clarify.
undeludeverb(transitive) To free from delusion.
disenshroudverb(transitive) To divest of a shroud; to unveil.
undupeverb(transitive) To undeceive someone who has been duped.
disembarrassverb(transitive) To get (someone) out of a difficult or embarrassing situation; to free (someone) from the embarrassment (of a situation); to relieve (someone of a burden, item of clothing, etc.) (often used reflexively).
burst someone's bubbleverb(idiomatic) To disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable.
debunkverb(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
unbewilderverb(transitive) To free from bewilderment; to enlighten or unconfuse.
undazzleverb(transitive) To free from dazzlement; to clear (the senses, the vision, etc.).
undeceaveverbObsolete form of undeceive. [(transitive) To free from misconception, deception or error.]
demystifyverb(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

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