Disillusion: alternatives and connections

To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of…

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The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improv…

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The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

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The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

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The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

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To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.

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The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.

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The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.