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dehortatio

dehortatio noun: dissuasion.

Noun

dehortatio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Dissuasion.
    Synonyms:
    dehortation

Synonyms of dehortatio

Origin of dehortatio

From Latin.

Questions about dehortatio

What does dehortatio mean?
Dehortatio means dissuasion.
What part of speech is dehortatio?
Dehortatio is a noun.

Words near dehortatio in the dictionary

  1. dehorning
  2. Dehornoy order
  3. dehorns
  4. dehors
  5. dehort
  6. dehortatio
  7. dehortation
  8. dehortations
  9. dehortative
  10. dehortatives
  11. dehortatory

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