DISCOURAGE
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discourage is worth 18 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, discourage
(n.) Lack of courage; cowardliness.
(v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
(v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.