Encourage and Reduce

Opposite meaning words

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Reduce is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Encourage is an antonym for reduce in defeat topic.

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

people	encourage people	reduce people
men	encourage men	reduce men
resistance	encourage resistance	reduce resistance
morale	encourage morale	reduce morale
Other words: anyone, opponent, player, enemy, humans.

This is intended to encourage you to lead a good, pious life, to reduce the mocking to a minimum.

Source: The Freelance Shame Squad
Note: fighting for, and defending mass deposits was made much more important in the expansion to encourage conflicts and reduce turtling.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Strategy Games
They hope that if they tell you you're going to have a baby soon, that'll reduce your stress levels, possibly encourage you to "try" more, and increase the odds that you will have a baby.

Source: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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