Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a communication that dissuades you;
2.
persuading not to do or believe something;
talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dissuasion \Dis*sua"sion\, n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion.
See Dissuade.]
1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing;
dehortation.
[1913 Webster]
In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends.
--Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a
dissuasive.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dissuasion
n 1: a communication that dissuades you
2: persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone
out of a belief or an intended course of action [ant:
persuasion, suasion]