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dissuasion

  (dĭ-swā'zhən) pronunciation
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.
 
 
WordNet: dissuasion
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a communication that dissuades you

Meaning #2: persuasion not to do something; the act of talking someone out of an intended course of action

Meaning #3: deterrence by argument or reasoning or entreaty
  Antonym: persuasion (meaning #3)


 
 

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