Admonition

Word ADMONITION
Character 10
Hyphenation ad mo ni tion
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Admonition"

What do we mean by admonition?

Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof. noun

Cautionary advice or warning. 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. noun

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. noun

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning. noun

Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) noun

A firm rebuke noun

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.

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The word "admonition" in example sentences

"Shun" in the first admonition is harsh and has a christianist overlay, so I would substitute "avoid". ❋ Unknown (2010)

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 (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What a sober admonition from the remarkable gentleman from Russia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rosenberg and Feldman illustrate over and over again that the admonition is just as applicable to traffic on the information superhighway. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That admonition is one of the finalists in an anti-lawsuit group's contest for the wackiest warning label of the year. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Coupla points: admonition is not the same as judgement. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The inferential admonition is followed (Pr 7: 26, 27), by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Instead, as former Governor Khalid torture-apologist Rosie DiManno says, “Canadian forces don’t deserve this kind of admonition from the top provincial administrator.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

This morning’s admonition is less metaphorical: Don’t assert when you can evoke. ❋ William "Papa" Meloney (2007)

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