To free from a falsehood or misconception:"It's up to you whether you want to disabuse your students of their fantasy that A's are guaranteed"(Rachel Kadish). [Frenchdésabuser:dés-,dis-+abuser,to delude(from Old French,to misuse; seeabuse).] ...
The pandemic has disabused us of the illusion of time as a limitless resource and of the false promise that the sacrifices we make for our careers are always worth it.Before the pandemic, we knew we were going to die, but we did not believe it. Maybe we believed it, but considered ...