Dissuasion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissuasion \Dis*sua"sion\, n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion.
     See {Dissuade}.]
     1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing;
        dehortation.
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              In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends.
                                                    --Boyle.
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     2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a
        dissuasive.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissuasion
       n 1: a communication that dissuades you
       2: persuasion not to do something; the act of talking someone
          out of an intended course of action
       3: influencing someone to desist by argument or reasoning or
          entreaty [ant: {persuasion}]