Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof.
- noun Cautionary advice or warning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act, or an act, of admonishing; counsel or advice; gentle reproof; instruction in duties; caution; direction.
- noun Eccles., public or private reproof to reclaim an offender: the first step in church discipline, followed, when unheeded, by suspension or excommunication.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Gentle or friendly
reproof ; counseling against fault or oversight;warning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
- noun a firm rebuke
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Shun" in the first admonition is harsh and has a christianist overlay, so I would substitute "avoid".
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"Shun" in the first admonition is harsh and has a christianist overlay, so I would substitute "avoid".
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The article concludes with an admonition from a psychologist that "We can move people to environmentally friendly behavior by simply telling them what those around them are doing."
Marty Robins: Environment Matters...but So Does Freedom! Marty Robins 2010
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As the conversation turned to his speech, Mrs. Obama said she thought it was going to be good, a compliment that led to an admonition from the president-elect.
Watching the Train Roll By - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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What a sober admonition from the remarkable gentleman from Russia.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » America Bought Me for 20 Tons of Wheat 2010
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The article concludes with an admonition from a psychologist that "We can move people to environmentally friendly behavior by simply telling them what those around them are doing."
Marty Robins: Environment Matters...but So Does Freedom! Marty Robins 2010
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The article concludes with an admonition from a psychologist that "We can move people to environmentally friendly behavior by simply telling them what those around them are doing."
Marty Robins: Environment Matters...but So Does Freedom! Marty Robins 2010
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As the conversation turned to his speech, Mrs. Obama said she thought it was going to be good, a compliment that led to an admonition from the president-elect.
Watching the Train Roll By - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Rosenberg and Feldman illustrate over and over again that the admonition is just as applicable to traffic on the information superhighway.
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So she journeyed home - gray clad among her flowers, drawn by four hundred hands - home to the cool nave between the long columns that were fingers raised, not in admonition, but in triumphant thanksgiving for mercy, majesty, and glory.
Pilgrimage with La Virgen de Zapopan from "A House in the Sun" by Dane Chandos 2007
mohitanand commented on the word admonition
admonitory
adjective: serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
At the assembly, the high school vice-principal gave the students an admonitory speech, warning them of the many risks and dangers of prom night.
October 19, 2016