'Discouragement' definitions:
Definition of 'discouragement'
(from WordNet)
noun
The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn: discouragement, disheartenment, dismay]
noun
The expression of opposition and disapproval [ant: encouragement]
noun
The act of discouraging; "the discouragement of petty theft"
Definition of 'Discouragement'
From: GCIDE
- Discouragement \Dis*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. d['e]couragement.]
- 1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]