Deceive and Enlighten

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Deceive verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

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Enlighten is an antonym for deceive.

Enlighten verb - To give information to.

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Deceive is an antonym for enlighten in make aware topic.

people	deceive people	enlighten people
rest	deceive rest	enlighten rest
masses	deceive masses	enlighten masses
characters	deceive characters	enlighten characters
Other words: world, everyone, friends.

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