admonition

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌædməˈnɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

admonition (countable and uncountable, plural admonitions)

1. A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.

   Synonyms: admonishment, reprimand, reproach, reproof

   Coordinate terms: monition; see also Thesaurus:advice

   • 1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Laws (Plato):

     But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.

• admonish

• domination

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admonition f (plural admonitions)

1. an admonition, a warning

• “admonition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

admonition c

1. an admonition, a warning

• varning