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Thesaurus: disabuse

To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.

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  1. v. t. To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
  2. v. free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
  3. To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. To undeceive and disabuse the people. South. 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.
  4. To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage fromfallacy or deception; to set right.To undeceive and disabuse the people. South.If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves orartifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this eventas an era in their history. J. Adams.
  5. v:100 v. free somebody (from an erroneous belief)