UNDECEIVE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

undeceive

verb

ˌən-di-ˈsēv

Definition of undeceive

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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If anything, the industry needs to disabuse itself of the notion that simply meeting guests’ expectations is a failure and embrace the value of reasonable hospitality.

— Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
Monday’s slightly shorter ride to Guthrie Center packed in 3,572 feet, the most climbing of the week and enough to disabuse anyone still clinging to the fiction that Iowa is flat.

— Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 25 July 2026

Definition of disabuse

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Both could have been considered lapsed Catholics, disillusioned with the church’s position on homosexuality and its insistence that divorcees get an annulment before remarriage.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Both candidates are now making concerted efforts to win over voters disillusioned by their party’s promises.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of disillusion

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Maher says that the fact that more than half the states allow capital punishment, but are issuing fewer death sentences, shows that the American people are disenchanted with the use of the death penalty.

— Nate Perez, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
But the old dispensation was also something like the countryside of his childhood, which experience has disenchanted.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of disenchant

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