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encouragement |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encouragement \En*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. F. encouragement.] 1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. --Otway. 2. 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. To think of his paternal care Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: encouragement n 1: the expression of approval and support [ant: {discouragement}] 2: the act of giving hope or support to someone [syn: {boost}] 3: the feeling of being encouraged
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