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deterrent
 
Adjective deterrent has 1 sense
  1. deterrent - tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"
    Antonym:     permissive (indirect, via preventive)
Noun deterrent has 1 sense
  1. hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
    --1 is a kind of difficulty
    --1 has particulars:
     albatross, millstone; bind; drag; obstacle, obstruction; straitjacket
    Derived form: verb deter1
deteroriation deterrable deterrance deterrant deterrants deterred deterrence deterrence deterrent deterrent example deterrents deterring deterriorated deters detersive detest detestabile

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