admonition en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| admonitions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
advice · admonition · tip · monition · exhortation · suggestion · counsel · consent · rede · recommendation
Deriveds
admonitive · admonitional · admonitionist · preadmonition
Relateds
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)