/ dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒmənt; NAmE -ˈkɜːr-/ noun
1.
[ U ] a feeling that you no longer have the confidence or enthusiasm to do sth :
an atmosphere of discouragement and despair
2.
[ U ] the action of trying to stop sth :
the government's discouragement of political protest
3.
[ C ] a thing that discourages sb from doing sth :
Despite all these discouragements, she refused to give up.