deconfuse

present singular third person deconfuses · participle present deconfusing · participle past deconfused · past deconfused

1. transitiveTo free from confusion; to enlighten or clarify.

   Are you going to deconfuse me, or do I have to mention your name to Senator Fulbright?

   1967, Air Force Magazine, volume 50, page 6

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   […] but the fact of the matter is I heard a lot of legal mumbo-jumbo. A great way to create a web of confusion. Let me try to deconfuse the issue.

   1995, United States, United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations, The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995, page 27

   Self psychologists (Bacal and Newman 1990) suggest that empathy is tuning in to the emotional state of the other and distinguishing or deconfusing the two, […]

   1991, Sheldon Heath, Dealing with the Therapist's Vulnerability to Depression, page 46

   Synonyms: unconfuse