Incouragement

Full definition of incouragement

Noun

• 1692, John Locke, Letters Concerning Toleration; Chapter VIII, page #263:If your telling the magiÅ¿trate that his Å¿ubjects gain by his miÅ¿applying of force, be not an incouragement to him to miÅ¿apply it, the doing good to others muÅ¿t ceaÅ¿e to be an incouragement to any action.