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Discouragement

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The loss of confidence or enthusiasm. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of discouraging wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of discouraging. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the expression of opposition and disapproval wordnet
  5. 5
    Anything that discourages. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles wordnet

Etymology

From discourage + -ment.

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