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.
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.