DISCOURAGEMENTS

Noun

discouragements

plural of discouragement

Source: Wiktionary


DISCOURAGEMENT

Dis*cour"age*ment, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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