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| Concept: | Dissuasion. |
| Category: | 2. Causes of volition |
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-nouns
dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance; deprecation., discouragement, damper, wet blanket., cohibition (restraint); curb (means of restraint); check (hindrance)., reluctance (unwillingness); contraindication.
-verbs
dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate., disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten, disenchant; deter; hold back, keep back (restrain) [more]; render averse; repel; turn aside (deviation); wean from; act as a drag (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate.
-adjectives
dissuading; dissuasive; dehortatory, expostulatory; monitive, monitory., dissuaded; admonitory; uninduced (induce [more]); unpersuadable (obstinate); averse (unwilling); repugnant (dislike).
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| Main Entry: | determent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prevention |
| Synonyms: | deterrence, disincentive, dissuasion, obviation, preclusion, preemption |
| Main Entry: | deterrence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prevention |
| Synonyms: | determent, disincentive, dissuasion, obviation, preclusion, preemption |
| Main Entry: | expostulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | objection |
| Synonyms: | challenge, complaint, criticism, demur, demurral, dissuasion, protest, protestation, remonstrance, remonstration |
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| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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admonitory, consiliary, dehortatory, hortative, hortatory, officious, paramuthetic, parenetic, proceleusmatic, recommendatory, suggestible
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| Concept: | Advice. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
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-nouns
advice, counsel, adhortation; word to the wise; suggestion, submonition, recommendation, advocacy; advisemement., exhortation (persuasion); expostulation (dissuasion); admonition (warning); guidance (direction)., instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation; Governor's message, President's message; King's message, Queen's speech; message, speech from the throne., adviser, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo, senator; teacher., guide, manual, chart (information)., physician, leech, archiater., arbiter (judge)., reference, referment; consultation, conference, pourparler.
-verbs
advise, counsel; give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice; suggest, prompt, submonish, recommend, prescribe, advocate; exhort (persuade)., enjoin, enforce, charge, instruct, call; call upon (request); dictate., expostulate (dissuade); admonish (warn)., advise with; lay heads together, consult together; compare notes; hold a council, deliberate, be closeted with., confer, consult, refer to, call in; take advice, follow advice; be advised by, have at one's elbow, take one's cue from.
-adjectives
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"give every man thine ear but few thy voice" [Hamlet]; "I pray thee cease thy counsel" [Much Ado About Nothing]; "my guide, philosopher, and friend" [Pope]; "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good" [Crabbe]; verbum sat sapienti; vive memor leti; "we, ask advice but we mean approbation"
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