Discourage and Initiate

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Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.
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Initiate and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Initiate" instead a verb "Discourage".
Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Initiate

Initiate verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
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Discourage and initiate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Initiate".
Nearby Words: initial, initiative, initiation, initiated, initiator
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war discourage war initiate war
attacks discourage attacks initiate attacks
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