discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
dissuaded — Simple past tense and past participle of dissuade.
freed — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
prevented — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
repelled — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
