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DETERMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does determent mean?
• DETERMENT (noun)
The noun DETERMENT has 1 sense:
1. a communication that makes you afraid to try something
Familiarity information: DETERMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A communication that makes you afraid to try something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
determent; deterrence; intimidation
Hypernyms ("determent" is a kind of...):
discouragement (the expression of opposition and disapproval)
Derivation:
deter (turn away from by persuasion)
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