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Definition of Determent
1. Noun. A communication that makes you afraid to try something.
Generic synonyms: Discouragement
Derivative terms: Deter, Deter, Intimidate, Intimidate
Definition of Determent
1. n. The act of deterring; also, that which deters.
Definition of Determent
1. Noun. the act of deterring; deterrence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Determent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Determent
Literary usage of Determent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"... it is a mistake, for it is rather their despair of relief, and their well
known inability to pursue a cause, that is their common determent to begin. ..."
2. Criminal Responsibility by Charles Arthur Mercier (1905)
"The primary aim of punishment is then, either Retribution on the criminal or
determent of him and of others from committing like crimes. ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1838)
"determent ; 4. Self-defence ; 5. Self-preservation ; 6. Safe custody ; and 7.
Restraint. If the offence be of the negative cast, then comes another string ..."
4. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"All the facts referring to criminal responsibility, as we shall see, suggest
resentment, not determent, as the basis of punishment, and so does the ..."
5. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... s. one who destroys Destine, dés'tîn. va to doom, appoint, devote [cessât;
determent, dc-tor'mont. s. cause of discouragement Destruction, ..."
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