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Webster 1913 Edition

Discouragement

Dis-cour′age-ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
descouragement
, F.
découragement
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Discouragement

DISCOURAGEMENT

,
Noun.
Discuragement.
1.
The act of disheartening, or depriving of courage; the act of deterring or dissuading from an undertaking; the act of depressing confidence.
2.
That which destroys or abates courage; that which depresses confidence or hope; that which deters or tends to deter from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of any thing. Evil examples are great discouragements to virtue. The revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.

Definition 2024

discouragement

discouragement

English

Noun

discouragement ‎(plural discouragements)

  1. the act of discouraging
  2. anything that discourages
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