| 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: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
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admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
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betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
admonitory, consiliary, dehortatory, hortative, hortatory, officious, paramuthetic, parenetic, proceleusmatic, recommendatory, suggestible
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| Concept: | Advice. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
Synonyms: |
-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
-phrases
"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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