different between disabuse vs corrigibility

English

Etymology

From Middle French désabuser, or dis- +? abuse.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /d?s??bju?z/

Verb

disabuse (third-person singular simple present disabuses, present participle disabusing, simple past and past participle disabused)

1. (transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 140:

     If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.

Synonyms

• undeceive

Translations

Anagrams

• subideas

English

Etymology

corrigible +? -ity

Noun

corrigibility (usually uncountable, plural corrigibilities)

1. The quality or state of being corrigible.

Antonyms

• incorrigibility

Translations

See also

• correctability

Further reading

• corrigibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• corrigibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• corrigibility at OneLook Dictionary Search