dissuasion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissuasion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dissuasion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissuasion n a communication that dissuades you persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action Antonym(s): persuasion, suasion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissuasion \Dis*sua"sion\, n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See {Dissuade}.] 1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation. In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends. --Boyle. 2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.