dissuasion

[ dih-swey-zhuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of dissuading.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissuasion¹

1520–30; < Latin dissuāsiōn- (stem of dissuāsiō ) a speaking against, equivalent to dissuās ( us ) (past participle of dissuādēre; dissuād- ( dissuade ) + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion

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