disabuse
/diss-uh-BYOOZ/verbto free someone from a mistaken belief
“Let me disabuse you of the idea that this is easy.”
- Synonyms
- undeceive, correct, enlighten
- Antonyms
- deceive, mislead
- Memory hook
- dis + abuse: take the bad idea away.
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