avråda — meaning in English

English meaning

• deprecate verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
• deter verb To discourage someone from doing something, usually through fear of a consequence.
• dissuade verb To persuade someone not to do something.

Senses

avråda is used for these senses in English:

• deprecate (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
• deprecate (transitive, chiefly, computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
• deter (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
• dissuade (transitive) To convince not to try or do.

deprecate — full definition

1. verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
2. verb To belittle, depreciate.
3. verb To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
4. verb To pray against.

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