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[ ad-muh-nish-uhn ] / ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR admonition ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan act of admonishing. counsel, advice, or caution. a gentle reproof. a warning or reproof given by an ecclesiastical authority. Origin of admonition1350–1400; <Latin admonitiōn- (stem of admonitiō); see ad-, monition; replacing late Middle English amonicioun<Anglo-French <Latin; see admonish OTHER WORDS FROM admonitionpre·ad·mo·ni·tion, nounWords nearby admonitionadmittedly, admittee, admix, admixture, admonish, admonition, admonitor, admonitory, admov., ADN, Adnah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for admonitionHis 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
Words related to admonitionrebuke, reprimand, advice, warning, counsel, forewarning, reproach, reproval, berating, upbraiding, dressing down, talking to |