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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 dis·sua·sion /dɪˈsweʒən/
 勸阻,勸戒,諫諍
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Dis·sua·sion n.
 1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.
    In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends.   --Boyle.
 2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 dissuasion
      n 1: a communication that dissuades you
      2: persuasion not to do something; the act of talking someone
         out of an intended course of action
      3: influencing someone to desist by argument or reasoning or
         entreaty [ant: persuasion]