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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Dissuasive; belonging to dissuasion.
  • noun A dissuasion; a dissuasive argument or reason.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade.

Etymologies

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Latin dehortatorius.

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