determentn.
/dɪˈtəːmənt/ The action or fact of deterring; transferred a means of deterring, a deterring circumstance.
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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > deterring
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > action of deterring or restraining
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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > deterring > that which deters
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. viii. 319 Nor will the ill successe of some be made a sufficient determent unto others. View more context for this quotation
1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. 542 A mighty deterrement and discouragement.
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. Pref. But these, Sir, are not all the Deterrments that Oppos'd my Obeying You.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 126 That also shall be so far from being to my Determent . View more context for this quotation
1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 24 Rather a determent than an effectual means.
1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. lvi. 284/1 Cornwallis executed nine for the determent of others.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1646- to gride its way
- to grieve to the guts
- to grille off
- to grimace it
- to grime the face of
- to grin and abide
- to grin and bear it
- to grin for
- to grin in a glass case
- to grin like a cheshire cat
- to grin smile from ear to ear
- to grin the teeth
- to grin through a horse-collar
- to grin through a horsecollar
- to grin with the teeth
- to grind a valve in
- to grind a valve into
- to grind a valve on to
- to grind in
- to grind into
- to grind on to
- to grind out
- to grind the coffee mill
- to grind the faces occasionally face of
- to grind the faces of