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determent|dɪˈtɜːmənt| [f. deter v.1 + -ment.] The action or fact of deterring; transf. a means of deterring, a deterring circumstance.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. viii. 319 Nor will the ill successe of some be made a sufficient determent unto others. 1653Hammond On 1 Cor. i. 23. 542 A mighty deterrement and discouragement. 1661Boyle Style of Script. Pref., But these, Sir, are not all the Deterrments that Oppos'd my Obeying You. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 111 That also shall be so far from being to my Determent. 1764Mem. G. Psalmanazar 24 Rather a determent than an effectual means. 1876J. Grant Hist. India I. lvi. 284/1 Cornwallis executed nine for the determent of others. |