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Admonitory

//ədˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.

    "The schoolboy left an admonitory message on the bathroom wall."

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective wordnet
  2. 2
    serving to warn wordnet

Etymology

From Latin admonitōrium (“admonition, reminder”).

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