n.
The act or an instance of dissuading.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dissuāsiō, dissuāsiōn-, from dissuāsus, past participle of dissuādēre, to dissuade. See dissuade.]
dissuasive dis·sua'sive adj.dissuasively dis·sua'sive·ly adv.
dissuasiveness dis·sua'sive·ness n.
