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admonish

[ ad-mon-ish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
  2. to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner:

    The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. to urge to a duty; remind:

    to admonish them about their obligations.



admonish

/ ˌædməˈnɪʃən; ədˈmɒnɪʃ /

verb

  1. to reprove firmly but not harshly
  2. to advise to do or against doing something; warn; caution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • admonition, noun
  • ˈDzԾٴǰ, adjective
  • ˈDzԾ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·Dz·· noun
  • ·Dz··Բ· adverb
  • ·Dz··Գ noun
  • ··Dz· verb (used with object)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admonish1

First recorded in 1275–1325; late Middle English admonish, amonesche, admonesse, amoness, Middle English a(d)monest (with -t later taken as past participle suffix), from Anglo-French, Old French amonester, from Vulgar Latin 峾DzԱ (unrecorded), apparently derivative of Latin 峾Dzŧ “to remind, give advice to” (source of -est- is uncertain), equivalent to ad- ad- ( def ) + Dzŧ “to remind, warn”; monitor ( def )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admonish1

C14: via Old French from Vulgar Latin 峾DzԱ (unattested), from Latin 峾Dzŧ to put one in mind of, from Dzŧ to advise
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Synonym Study

See warn. See reprimand.
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Savage went on to empower our community to admonish naysayers of queer party-going, community enrichment, and quality time — however we choose to define those terms.

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A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has been admonished after entering the private chambers of other judges and going through their papers and computers, according to the California Commission on Judicial Performance.

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She was spared further punishment and admonished by Lord Beckett after he heard Gallagher had not offended over the last year.

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He admonished Joe Biden’s administration as “the worst in history” and he swore that countries across the globe were releasing gang members from prisons to invade our country.

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Spencer was years ahead of other Republicans in admonishing the GOP to be more welcoming to Latinos.

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