disabuse
verb (used with object)
to free (a person) from deception or error.
disabused
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past participleof disabuse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disabuse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disabuseverb (used with object)to free (a person) from deception or error.
Example Sentences
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His experience disabused him of doomerism, convincing him that AI risks could be contained with better security, which could prevent AI-enabled cyberattacks and misaligned agents from going wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
If he had hoped for that to be sufficient to shore up his authority he was to be swiftly disabused.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
But he was quickly disabused of any hope that his prophesies of financial doom would sway opponents.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
"The second half turns to the substitutions," such as Lord Acton or Sigmund Freud, "that were proposed to orient liberals for the tragic future disabused of emancipatory hope."
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2023
I disabused him of this notion, and he relented, giving me all that I had sought.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
