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encouragement

  • noun
  • [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]

The act of encouraging

Other meanings

  1. Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive

  2. Words or actions that increase someone's confidence

Related words

  • disencouragement
  • overencouragement
  • reencouragement

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “encouragement” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.