dissuade

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verb

To persuade (a person) not to do something: deter, discourage, divert. Idioms: talk out of. See persuasion/dissuasion.

Definition: talk out of
Antonyms: incite, persuade, talk into

• Judgments Pro and Con - dissuade: persuade against; alter another’s opinion
• Opposition, Disagreement, and Attack - dissuade: (vb) deter through advice or persuasion

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fraråde, overtale til at lade være med

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontraden

Français (French)
v. tr. - détourner qn de faire, dissuader qn de faire

Deutsch (German)
v. - abraten, abbringen von

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποτρέπω, μεταπείθω

Italiano (Italian)
dissuadere

idioms:

• dissuade from    dissuadere da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dissuadir

idioms:

• dissuade from    desviar de um propósito

Русский (Russian)
отговорить

idioms:

• dissuade from    отговорить от

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - disuadir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avråda (ngn från att göra ngt)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
劝阻

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 勸阻

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 포기하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 思いとどまらせる, 断念させる

idioms:

• dissuade from    説得して思いとどまらせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يثني شخص عن فعل شئ, يقنع شخص بالعدول عن فعل شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הניא, יעץ לבל, הסב לב, ניסה לעכב‬