Discouragement

(dis-kūr'ej-), n.

1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression of confidence; detriment; dejection.
2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of any thing; as, evil examples are great discouragements to virtue; the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.