as in to disabuse
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
promptly undeceived the young woman about the sincerity of the man's intentions
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Josh tried to disabuse her of the mistaken identity, but the woman wasn’t having it.—
Kent Russell,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025 -
But conference leadership from commissioner Greg Sankey on down disabused athletic directors of the notion that the decision was zero-sum.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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She’s disillusioned with her boyfriend and irritated by her mother.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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Rather, he was disillusioned by all of the turnovers and odd-man rushes against.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Like many in my friend group, I’ve been increasingly disenchanted with a social network that seemed to show nothing from my actual friends.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Second, a constituency for a reformation has emerged in major cities, consisting of people disenchanted with Islamist rule (as in Cairo and Tehran) or attracted by Western norms (as in London and New York).—
Ayaan Hirsi Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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“Undeceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeceive. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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