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Discouragement

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(1):

(n.) The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Discouragement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/discouragement.html. 1828.
 
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