Hm, I would say Discouragement as you described is more generic: X happens and you want it to happen less, so you discourage it.
My idea was to underline the Discouragement taken to the extreme level. X can happen, and you don’t want it to ever happen. So you make a precommitment / ultimatum.
In this sense Discouragement is the effect of ongoing, regular punishment, Precommitment is the effect of punishment that might happen in the future.
But let’s not discuss the words too much- in your future post please organize and describe as you wish. Looking forward to reading those btw.
Thanks for your suggestions. Do you see precommitment as different to my Discouragement? If so where would the o be apply but not the other?
Hm, I would say Discouragement as you described is more generic: X happens and you want it to happen less, so you discourage it. My idea was to underline the Discouragement taken to the extreme level. X can happen, and you don’t want it to ever happen. So you make a precommitment / ultimatum. In this sense Discouragement is the effect of ongoing, regular punishment, Precommitment is the effect of punishment that might happen in the future. But let’s not discuss the words too much- in your future post please organize and describe as you wish. Looking forward to reading those btw.