Discourage and Fail

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Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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Fail and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fail" instead a verb "Discourage".

Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Discourage and fail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Fail".

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

people	discourage people	fail people
attempts	discourage attempts	fail attempts

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