dehortation
- a word derived from dehort.
Example Sentences
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So much has now been said and testified in the intervening paragraphs, by way both of dehortation and exhortation.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
In verses 31 and 32 weighty warning and dehortation follow, based in part on the preceding picture.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander
Finally, we have a dehortation from lying, especially to those within the circle of the Church, as if that sin too were the child of hatred and anger.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
