Deter: alternatives and connections

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprov…

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To advise or counsel.

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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.

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That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.

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Serving to deter.

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Serving to deter.

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The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.

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The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.

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Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.

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Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.

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That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

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That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

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To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…

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To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).

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To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

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To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

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