Dehortation

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  • n. Dissuasion; advice against something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Dissuasion; advice against something.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Dissuasion; advice or counsel to the contrary of some act or undertaking.
  • Word Usage
    "From whence may be inferred, first, that exhortation and dehortation is directed to the good of him that giveth the counsel, not of him that asketh it, which is contrary to the duty of a counsellor; who, by the definition of counsel, ought to regard, not his own benefit, but his whom he adviseth."
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