Discourage and Suspend

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Suspend

Suspend verb - To bring to a formal close for a period of time.

Discourage and suspend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Suspend".

Common collocations

belief discourage belief suspend belief
player discourage player suspend player
units discourage units suspend units
players discourage players suspend players
Other words: enemies, students, heroes.
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