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admonition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌædməˈnɪʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
    • But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example. 1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Laws (Plato):
    • Lenin repeats this admonition several times, and its purport is clear. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 360:

Forms

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Coordinates

advice · admonition · tip · monition · exhortation · suggestion · counsel · consent · rede · recommendation

Deriveds

admonitive · admonitional · admonitionist · preadmonition

Relateds

admonish

Synonyms

reprimand · admonishment · reproof · reproach

Translations (33)

grc νουθέτημα (rebuke) · ru предостереже́ние (rebuke) · pl przestroga (rebuke) · fi nuhde (rebuke) · pt aviso (rebuke) · pl upomnienie (rebuke) · pl admonicja (rebuke) · eo admono (rebuke) · es admonición (rebuke) · nl waarschuwing (rebuke) · fi varoitus (rebuke) · cmn 告誡 /告诫 (rebuke) · cs napomenutí (rebuke) · la admonitiō (rebuke) · fi huomautus (rebuke) · mk опомена (rebuke) · eo admonado (rebuke) · fi nuhteleminen (rebuke) · cmn 訓誡 /训诫 (rebuke) · fa تذکر (rebuke) · ota وعظ (rebuke) · pt repreensão (rebuke) · ne गाली (rebuke) · hy հորդորանք (rebuke) · grc νουθεσία (rebuke) · mk прекор (rebuke) · ota تربیه (rebuke) · pt admonição (rebuke) · sv förmaning (rebuke) · de Ermahnung (rebuke) · ru замеча́ние (rebuke) · nl aanmaning (rebuke) · pt advertência (rebuke)