disabuse
verb
- free someone from misconception
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈbjuːz/
verb
Etymology: From dis- + abuse. Compare French désabuser.
- To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).
“I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.”
“If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.”