Encouragement Definition
ĕn-kûrĭj-mənt, -kŭr-
noun
An encouraging or being encouraged.
Webster's New World
The state of being encouraged.
American Heritage
Something that encourages.
Webster's New World
That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.
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encouragementsOrigin of Encouragement
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From Middle French encoragement, from Old French encoragier + -ment, from en- (“make, put in”) + corage (“courage”), from Vulgar Latin *coraticum, from cor (“heart, daring”) + -ier, suffixed with -ment.
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