dissuasive in English

adjective

[dis'sua·sive || -eɪsɪv]

tending to dissuade, tending to dete

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1. Avocative (plural Avocatives) That which calls aside; a dissuasive

2. The penalties provided for should be proportionate, effective and dissuasive.

3. Meristematic, a orthographic inconvenience etches the anomalous psalters beside an dissuasive Borshts

4. ‘1. The sanctions shall be effective, dissuasive and proportionate to the potential impact of the infringing activity.

5. Such measures shall be effective, dissuasive and proportionate to the potential impact of the unlawful activity.

6. 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery Antepasts of joy and comforts 1782, John Wesley, Hymn to the Holy Ghost this antepast of heaven