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deterrent effect meaning, deterrent effect definition | English Cobuild dictionary. deterrent. 1 n-count A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it. They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent...
1 Deterrence is a dispassionate response calculated to change the other's behavior in an on-going relationship or negotiation by imposing a negative consequence (punishment) for their decision. 2  The judge sentences the criminal as a deterrent, not to seek revenge. The judge sentences the criminal as a deterrent, not to seek revenge. 2  It is nothing more than equivalent retaliation in a calculated game of Tit-for-Tat. 3  Deterrence is cerebral and just business; revenge is visceral and personal.