abraten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- discourage verb To make someone feel less confident, hopeful, or motivated.
- disrecommend verb To tell someone not to do something; to argue against it.
- dissuade verb To persuade someone not to do something.
- dissuasion noun The act of persuading someone not to do something.
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
- verb To make someone feel less confident, hopeful, or motivated.
- verb To persuade someone not to do something.
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