deterrent

deterrent
    adj 1: tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"
    n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action
         or progress [syn: {hindrance}, {hinderance}, {deterrent},
         {impediment}, {balk}, {baulk}, {check}, {handicap}]
    

Deterrent \De*ter"rent\, a. [L. deterrens, p. pr. of deterrere.
   See {Deter}.]
   Serving to deter. "The deterrent principle." --E. Davis.
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Deterrent \De*ter"rent\, n.
   That which deters or prevents.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "deterrent":
      admonishing, admonitory, alarming, awing, bar, block, blockade,
      bottleneck, catch, cautionary, cautioning, check, chill, chilling,
      cold water, cordon, curtain, damp, damper, daunting, determent,
      deterring, difficulty, disconcerting, discouragement, discouraging,
      disheartening, disincentive, disinclining, dismaying, disquieting,
      dissuading, dissuasion, dissuasive, drawback, exemplary,
      expostulatory, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, forbidding,
      forestalling, frightening, frightful, hang-up, hazard, hindrance,
      hitch, hurdle, impediment, intimidating, joker, monitorial,
      monitory, notificational, notifying, objection, obstacle,
      obstruction, obstructive, one small difficulty, overawing,
      preclusive, preventative, preventive, prohibitive, prophylactic,
      rub, scaring, scary, snag, startling, stumbling block,
      stumbling stone, warning, wet blanket