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Dehortation

Dehortation \De`hor*ta"tion\, n. [L. dehortatio.] Dissuasion; advice against something. [R.]

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dehortation

n. (context archaic English) Dissuasion; advice against something.

Usage examples of "dehortation".

But where a man may lawfully Command, as a Father in his Family, or a Leader in an Army, his Exhortations and Dehortations, are not onely lawfull, but also necessary, and laudable: But then they are no more Counsells, but Commands.