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dissuade
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dissuade, v.tr. (often foll. by from) discourage (a person); persuade against (dissuaded him from continuing; was dissuaded from his belief).
Derivative
dissuader n. dissuasion n. dissuasive adj.
Etymology
L dissuadere (as DIS-, suadere suas- persuade)
THESAURUS
dissuade
admonish, advise, caution, counsel, cry out against, daunt, derail, deter, discourage, divert, exhort, expostulate, frighten off, intimidate, kid out of, prick, remonstrate, talk out of, throw off, unpersuade, urge, warnROGET THESAURUS
dissuade
Dissuasion
VB dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate, disincline, indispose, shake, stagger, dispirit, discourage, dishearten, deter, repress, hold back, keep back, render averse, repel, turn aside, wean from, act as a drag, throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench, deprecate, disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble, disabuse (correction).For further exploring for "dissuade" in Webster Dictionary Online