disabuse
disabuse , transitive verb
[Prefix dis- + abuse; compare French désabuser.]
To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right; -- often used with of; as, to disabuse one of his illusions.
To undeceive and disabuse the people.
If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history.