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Exhortation

//ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or practice of exhorting. countable, uncountable

    "All gladly drew round the table, and Mrs. Palmer's exhortation of “Poor dears, do enjoy yourselves,” was fulfilled, even to her own satisfaction."

  2. 2
    a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action wordnet
  3. 3
    Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage. countable, uncountable

    "Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, Ile end my exhortation after dinner."

  4. 4
    the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). By surface analysis, exhort + -ation.

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