dissuasion

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Act of changing one's intention

Nouns — dissuasion, determent, deterrent, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance, admonition, warning; deprecation; discouragement, damper, cold water, wet blanket; restraint, curb; advice.

Verbs — dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn; advise; disincline, indispose, discourage, talk out of, deter; hold or keep back, restrain; repel, turn aside, put off; wean from; act as a drag, hinder; throw cold water on, quench, damp, cool, chill, calm; deprecate.

Adjectives — dissuading, dissuasive; dehortatory, expostulatory; monitory; offputting.

Antonyms, see influence, cause.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. discouragement, deterrence, check; see impediment 1 , restraint 2 .