Associations to the word «Disillusionment»

Wiktionary

DISILLUSIONMENT, noun. A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.
DISILLUSIONMENT, noun. The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

Dictionary definition

DISILLUSIONMENT, noun. Freeing from false belief or illusions.

Wise words

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
Victor Hugo