"encouragement" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "encourage + -ment",
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    {
      "form": "encouragement",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "plural"
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  "hyphenation": "en‧cour‧age‧ment",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"I wasn't feeling brave enough to run a marathon, but my mother gave me some encouragement.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You give encouragement to someone to help motivate them or make them feel better about something."
      ],
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      "ipa": "[ɪnˈkʌrɪd͡ʒmənt]"
    },
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  "word": "encouragement"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "encouragement",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encouragements",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "hyphenation": "en‧cour‧age‧ment",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"I wasn't feeling brave enough to run a marathon, but my mother gave me some encouragement.\""
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "encouragement"
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