-jmənt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French descouragement, from Old French descoragement, from descoragier + -ment
1. : the act of discouraging
the encouragement of free enterprise and discouragement of monopolies — Current Biography
: the state of being discouraged : depression
there are moments of discouragement in us all — William James
2. : something that discourages : something that tends to deter : deterrent
rather an incentive than a discouragement to vice — Rose Macaulay