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discouragement definition

dis·cour·age·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. a discouraging
  2. the fact, state, or feeling of being discouraged
  3. anything that discourages

Etymology: OFr descoragement

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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