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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King