dissuade
verb/dɪˈsweɪd/
Frequency rank: #12,879 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to persuade someone not to do something
Example sentence
Her friends tried to dissuade her from dropping out of school.
Synonyms & related words
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