discouragement in the PONS Dictionary

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Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring.
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In the desert of discouragement we saw a vision.
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Spiritual attacks can include possession, fear of holy objects, such as bibles or other holy books, discouragement, and temptation.
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He brushed aside the discouragement of others whose belief was not as strong and started a fund-campaign.
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This prompted some staff members either to lose their positions or to leave the agency in discouragement.
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She denounced the weakening of the state, the discouragement of its personnels and the ineffectiveness of its governance.
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By 1911, discouragement permeated the island, and owners left, tired of inadequate services.
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Challenges and discouragement filled the next five years.
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Parental discouragement from pursuing higher education tends to be based on the notion of we made it without formal schooling, so you can too.
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The dogs are an effective, non-lethal discouragement that prevents the cheetahs from taking livestock.
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