disabuses
Clears up misconceptions
Disabuses means corrects a false belief or misconception.
To disabuse someone is to free them from an error they've been holding: The audit disabuses investors of the notion that the company is profitable.
The word implies the person was laboring under a misunderstanding until set straight.
Usually followed by "of": Let me disabuse you of that idea.
To make something right
- correctFree from error
- amendModify or correct
- set straightCorrect a misconception
- put rightCorrect an error
undeceive · inform · educate · enlighten · straighten out · adjust · reform · revise
Destroy naive beliefs
- disenchantFree from false beliefs
- disappointFail to meet expectations
- awakenRouse from slumber
- soberFree from intoxication
humble · ground · reality check · wake-up call · eye-opener · rude awakening · burst bubble · come down to earth
Make something visible
- unveilReveal something hidden
- discloseReveal hidden information
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- illuminateSupply with radiance
clarify · elucidate · explain · show · demonstrate · bring to light · lay bare · make clear
rectify
To make something right
- correctFree from error
- amendModify or correct
- set straightCorrect a misconception
put right · undeceive · inform · educate · enlighten · straighten out · adjust · reform · revise · redress
disillusion
Destroy naive beliefs
- disenchantFree from false beliefs
- disappointFail to meet expectations
- awakenRouse from slumber
sober · humble · ground · reality check · wake-up call · eye-opener · rude awakening · burst bubble · come down to earth
reveal
Make something visible
illuminate · clarify · elucidate · explain · show · demonstrate · bring to light · lay bare · make clear · open up
dispel
Cause to vanish
unmask · discredit · refute · rebut · disprove · invalidate · falsify · shatter · contradict · challenge
disabusesconfirms
Establishes as fact
validates · reinforces · perpetuates · encourages · indulges