| discouragement | 1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. 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. "Discouragements from vice." Origin: Cf. OF. Descouragement, F. Decouragement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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