A communication that dissuades you.

Roget 479: confutation, refutation; answer, complete answer; disproof, conviction, redargution^†, invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort; reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, tu quoque argument [Lat.]; sockdolager [U.S.], correction etc. 572.1; dissuasion etc. 616.    ... show more

Roget 616: dissuasion, dehortation^†, expostulation, remonstrance; deprecation etc. 766.    discouragement, damper, wet blanket; disillusionment, disenchantment.    cohibition etc. (restraint) 751^†; curb etc. (means of restraint) 752; check etc. (hindrance) 706.    reluctance etc. (unwillingness) 603; contraindication.    ... show more

Persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action.