admonition

[ ad-muh-nish-uh n ]

/ ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən /

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noun

an act of admonishing.

counsel, advice, or caution.

a gentle reproof.

a warning or reproof given by an ecclesiastical authority.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.

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Origin of admonition

1350–1400; < Latin admonitiōn- (stem of admonitiō); see ad-, monition; replacing late Middle English amonicioun < Anglo-French < Latin; see admonish

OTHER WORDS FROM admonition

pre·ad·mo·ni·tion, noun

Words nearby admonition

admittedly, admittee, admix, admixture, admonish, admonition, admonitor, admonitory, admov., adn, adnah

Example sentences from the Web for admonition

His supporters hosted a men-only fundraiser with this admonition on the invitation: “Tell the misses not to wait up.”
The Republican War on Women Continues, Just More Quietly|Eleanor Clift|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 It|Michelle Cottle|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That Soundos survived, and with a bullet in her head, seems to many an act of God, and an admonition.
The Little Syrian Girl With a Bullet in Her Head|Gregory Beals|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At first, Wilson took seriously his admonition to Americans to “be impartial in thought, as well as action.”
A Noble Failure: Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency Considered|Michael Kazin|September 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Kelly's admonition of the film through an aide‚ years after the fact, doesn't go down well.
Ray Kelly's Dalliance With The Islamophobic Fringes|Ali Gharib|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From you he expects absolution and admonition in his last moments.
The Devil's Elixir|E. T. A. Hoffmann
But she was afraid to utter a word, after the admonition she had received.
Put Yourself in His Place|Charles Reade
It might be that one year's intermission of preaching and admonition would place us below the level of the heathen.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. III|Martin Luther
Whose fault will it be but your own since you would not hear Paul's admonition to walk wisely and circumspectly?
Epistle Sermons, Vol. III|Martin Luther
Some other fellow as been and kept that admonition and means to do me out of it.
Anecdotes of the Great War|Carleton Britton Case