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discouragement - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'discouragement' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Discouragement [ n.]
- The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
- That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.

Meaning of 'discouragement' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . discouragement [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of discouraging
Example in sentence:
  • the discouragement of petty theft

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