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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissuasion \Dis*sua"sion\, n. [L. dissuasio: cf F. dissuasion. See {Dissuade}.] 1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing dehortation. In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends. --Boyle. 2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dissuasion n 1: a communication that dissuades you 2: persuasion not to do something the act of talking someone out of an intended course of action 3: deterrence by argument or reasoning or entreaty [ant: {persuasion}]
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