Complete Definition of "encouragement"

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Noun
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  1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

#:All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.

  1. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

#:To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.

Translations
trans-top|The act of encouraging
Finnish: rohkaisu
French: encouragement m
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German: Ermutigung f
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trans-top|That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
Finnish: rohkaisu
French: encouragement m
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