Term: dissuasion: persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action
Candidate hypernym: communication: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information → 1
Candidate hypernym: culvert: a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway → 0
Candidate hypernym: acetin: any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together → 0
Candidate hypernym: kit fox: small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox → 0
Candidate hypernym: biltong: meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun → 0
Candidate hypernym: moss campion: tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: rococo: fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century → 0
Candidate hypernym: moot court: a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases → 0
Candidate hypernym: kohlrabi: plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem → 0
Candidate hypernym: crack: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethyl: the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom → 0