Meaning of ADMONITION
| Pronunciation: | | `admu'nishun
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- [n] cautionary advice
- [n] a firm rebuke
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| | Synonyms: | | admonishment, monition, warning, word of advice |
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| | See Also: | | advice, deterrent example, example, lesson, object lesson, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ad`mo*ni"tion\, n. [OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition,
F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See
{Admonish}.]
Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or
error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution
or warning.
Syn: {Admonition}, {Reprehension}, {Reproof}.
Usage: Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral
delinquencies; its object is to prevent further
transgression. Reprehension and reproof are
retrospective, the former being milder than the
latter. A person of any age or station may be liable
to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof
is the act of a superior. It is authoritative
fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to
inferiors.
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| | Related Terms: | | admonishment, advice, advising, advocacy, alarm, briefing, castigation, caution, cautioning, caveat, chastisement, chiding, consultation, correction, council, counsel, determent, deterrence, deterrent example, direction, example, exhortation, expostulation, final notice, final warning, forewarning, frightening off, guidance, hint, hortation, idea, instruction, intimidation, lecture, lesson, monition, moral, notice, notification, object lesson, objurgation, opinion, parley, proposal, rap, rating, rebuke, recommendation, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval, scolding, sermon, spanking, suggestion, talking out of, thought, threat, tip-off, ultimatum, upbraiding, verbum sapienti, warning, warning piece, wig |
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