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dis⋅sua⋅sion

  [di-swey-zhuhn]
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–noun
an act or instance of dissuading.
Origin:
1520–30; < L dissuāsiōn- (s. of dissuāsiō) a speaking against, equiv. to dissuās(us) (ptp. of dissuādēre; dissuād- (see dissuade ) + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion
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dis·sua·sion   (dĭ-swā'zhən)   
n.  The act or an instance of dissuading.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dissuāsiō, dissuāsiōn-, from dissuāsus, past participle of dissuādēre, to dissuade; see dissuade.]
dis·sua'sive adj., dis·sua'sive·ly adv., dis·sua'sive·ness n.
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