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dissuasion
 
Noun dissuasion has 3 senses
  1. dissuasion - a communication that dissuades you
    --1 is a kind of     discouragement
    Derived form: verb dissuade1
  2. dissuasion - persuasion not to do something; the act of talking someone out of an intended course of action
    --2 is a kind of     persuasion, suasion
    --2 has particulars: expostulation, remonstrance, objection
    Derived form: verb dissuade1
  3. dissuasion - influencing someone to desist by argument or reasoning or entreaty
    --3 is a kind of     influence
    Antonyms: persuasion
disspiate disspiriting dissrupt disssertations disstop dissuade dissuaded dissuading dissuasion dissuasive dissuasive dissude dissupeere dissy dissyllable dissymmetry distacted

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