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discourages

verb

Meaning

  1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
  2. To persuade somebody not to do (something).

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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