admonition
[ad-muh-nish-uh n]
- an act of admonishing.
- counsel, advice, or caution.
- a gentle reproof.
- a warning or reproof given by an ecclesiastical authority.
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Origin of admonition
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Examples from the Web for admonition
Contemporary Examples
His supporters hosted a men-only fundraiser with this admonition on the invitation: “Tell the misses not to wait up.”
It will be interesting to see how that admonition plays with the die-hards.
It’s Not the President’s Speech That Makes News but the Reactions to ItMichelle Cottle
January 29, 2014
That Soundos survived, and with a bullet in her head, seems to many an act of God, and an admonition.
At first, Wilson took seriously his admonition to Americans to “be impartial in thought, as well as action.”
Kelly's admonition of the film through an aide‚ years after the fact, doesn't go down well.
Historical Examples
The Trainer's admonition seemed like a cry to a cyclone, as void of usefulness.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
I felt it was so thoughtful of him to give me this admonition.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
The physician said a little in the way of reproof and admonition, and left me.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
With that she recalled her mother's admonition, and went upstairs to Walter's door.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
I complied with the admonition, and was able to say that I liked Doctorberger.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
Word Origin and History for admonition
n.
late 14c., amonicioun "reminding, instruction," from Old French amonicion "admonition, exhortation," from Latin admonitionem (nominative admonitio), noun of action from past participle stem of admonere (see admonish). Meaning "warning" is early 15c. The -d- was restored in English 17c.
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