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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras