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Abraten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • discourage verb To make someone feel less confident, hopeful, or motivated.
  • disrecommend verb To recommend the opposite or negation of; to advise against.
  • dissuade verb To persuade someone not to do something.
  • dissuasion noun the act or an instance of dissuading

Senses

Abraten is used for these senses in English:

  • discourage (transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
  • disrecommend (transitive) To recommend the opposite or negation of; to advise against.
  • dissuade (transitive) To convince not to try or do.
  • dissuasion the act or an instance of dissuading

discourage — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel less confident, hopeful, or motivated.
  2. verb To persuade someone not to do something.

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