Associations to the word «Encouragement»

Wiktionary

ENCOURAGEMENT, noun. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
ENCOURAGEMENT, noun. That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

Dictionary definition

ENCOURAGEMENT, noun. The expression of approval and support.
ENCOURAGEMENT, noun. The act of giving hope or support to someone.
ENCOURAGEMENT, noun. The feeling of being encouraged.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley