Dehortation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Dissuasion; advice or counsel to the contrary of some act or undertaking.
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  • noun. Dissuasion; advice against something.
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  • noun. Dissuasion; advice against something.
    • Word Usage
    "Technically, Hemingway offered Dietrich a dehortation, a rarely used but quite proper English term compared to an exhortation, which attempts to persuade people to do something, a dehortation is an attempt to dissuade people from a course of action."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dehortatio  dissuasion  
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