encouragement

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All the encouragement is apparently helping: Brit appears to be back in fighting form for her first tour since 2004's "Onyx Hotel," "totally killing it" as she sang and danced to hits like "Womanizer," "Circus," "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Toxic."

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  1. noun The act of encouraging.
  2. noun The state of being encouraged.
  3. noun One that encourages.

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  • The warlord sputtered a protest Mishra began without further encouragement, his words louder than the complaining warlord. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • For Geoff Landis with many thanks for the encouragement, the numerous helpful articles, and conversations. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 05 - May 1996
  • "He has been to this tournament for many years and he gives the players a lot of encouragement, which is good for the players." —  Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News
  • All the encouragement is apparently helping: Brit appears to be back in fighting form for her first tour since 2004's "Onyx Hotel," "totally killing it" as she sang and danced to hits like "Womanizer," "Circus," "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Toxic." —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The sum of all the gospel is contained in two words, “Come unto me,” and “take my yoke upon you.” All the duty of a Christian, and all his encouragement is here. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
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  1. Formerly also incouragement, incoragement; from Old French encoragement, encouragement, French encouragement (= Italian incoraggiamento, incoraggimento), from encoragier, encourager, encourage: see encourage and -ment.
 

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/ɛnˈkərədʒmənt/
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