Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discouragement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discouragement \Dis*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. descouragement,
F. d['e]couragement.]
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being
discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence;
dejection.
2. 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. ``Discouragements
from vice.'' --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discouragement
n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn: {disheartenment},
{dismay}]
2: the expression of opposition and disapproval [ant: {encouragement}]
3: the act of discouraging; "the discouragement of petty theft"
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