unhoodwink

verb2

1. •
   To remove a blindfold or blinder from.

   • His judgment answered him nay. Iddin was a traitor and was but playing with his victim. If his friends had really rescued him, why did they not unbind and unhoodwink him? — 1922
2. •
   To disabuse of a deception.

   • Yes, a lot of Negroes in my time were hoodwinked. As a student I spent a lot of time trying to unhoodwink myself. — 1988