Encouragement

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  • noun. The act of encouraging.
  • noun. The state of being encouraged.
  • noun. One that encourages.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of encouraging, or of giving courage or confidence of success; incitement to action or to perseverance; a promoting or advancing.
  • noun. That which serves to excite courage or confidence; an encouraging fact or circumstance; an incentive or inducement; that which serves to promote or advance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice.
  • noun. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
  • noun. That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of giving hope or support to someone
  • noun. the expression of approval and support
  • noun. the feeling of being encouraged
    • Word Usage
    "K J, Your encouragement is also greatly appreciated and I Thank You for calling me a writer!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hope  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    discouragement  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    advice  appreciation  approval  assistance  assurance  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abetment  advocacy  aegis  aid  aid and comfort  
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