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What is the adjective for determent?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb deter which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

deterrent
  1. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. preventive, preventative, restrictive, constraining, restraining, inhibitory, limiting, obstructive, inhibiting, hindering, protective, defensive, precautionary, preemptive, anticipatory, proactive, pre-emptive, counteractive, preclusive, prophylactic, blocking, defending, deterring, confining, restricting, cramping, definitive, hampering, constricting, prohibitive, prohibitory, antagonistic, off-putting, holding back, cautionary, discouraging, dissuading, dissuasive, unsupportive, admonitory, disincentive, inhibitive, monitory … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Tal agrees that effective deterrent measures in the present are liable to make the enemy stronger and more determined, and weakens the effectiveness of the deterrent in the future.”
      “Such punishment is to be used as a deterrent warning to others not to go and do likewise.”
deterrable
  1. Capable of being deterred.
deterred
  1. simple past tense and past participle of deter
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, avoided, refrained from, stopped, averted, dodged, evaded, prevented, abstained, abstained from, bypassed, circumvented, controlled, deflected, desisted, diverted, ducked, eluded, escaped, forbore, got around, passed up, precluded, resisted, restrained from, shied from, shirked, shook off, shrank from, sidestepped, skipped, skipped out on, skirted, stayed away, stayed away from, steered clear, steered clear of, withstood, broke the habit of, fended off, forbore from, got out of, held off, kept from, neutralised, shunned, warded off, anticipated, arrested, blocked … more
deterring
  1. present participle of deter
  2. Synonyms:
      3. preventing, hindering, stopping, impeding, obstructing, blocking, thwarting, averting, checking, hampering, obviating, inhibiting, forestalling, frustrating, foiling, precluding, curbing, restraining, arresting, halting, debarring, balking, baulking, intercepting, prohibiting, forfending, diverting, helping, keeping, counteracting, staying, damping, letting, saving, chilling, chillin, cooling, dampening, heading off, staving off, holding back, warding off, pre-empting, fending off, nipping in the bud, ruling out, shutting out, putting a stop to, turning aside, turning off … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The increased presence of security cameras in public spaces has a deterring effect on potential criminals.”
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