Admonition

//ˌædməˈnɪʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions. countable, uncountable

    "But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example."

  2. 2
    cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) wordnet
  3. 3
    a firm rebuke wordnet

Synonyms

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admonishmentadmonishmentadviceadvisingadvisoryadvocacy

Example

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"If I were eighty and she were still alive, I would be getting the same admonition."

Etymology

From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.

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