dissuading

He is an admirable and delightful man, but not fitted for action, and even dissuading from action.

While dissuading you from engaging in the speculation, she is visibly glad to see you investing your money in it.

I succeeded in dissuading her, as I knew he was planning to come home and they might miss each other in mid-ocean.

He was even tempted to leave his companions to follow the girl, and Ben-Zayb had difficulty in dissuading him.

The senior partner had succeeded in dissuading the junior partner from the employment of detectives.