discouragement
noun
- a discouraging
- the fact, state, or feeling of being discouraged
- anything that discourages
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(dĭ-skûrˈĭj-mənt, -skŭrˈ-)
nouna. The act of discouraging.
b. The condition of being discouraged.
- Something that discourages; a deterrent.
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