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admonition

[ ad-muh-nish-uhn ]

noun

  1. an act of admonishing.
  2. counsel, advice, or caution.
  3. a gentle reproof.
  4. a warning or reproof given by an ecclesiastical authority.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···Ծ·پDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admonition1

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin 峾DzԾپō- (stem of 峾DzԾپō ); ad-, monition; replacing late Middle English amonicioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin; admonish
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Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts offered a similar admonition, expressing fear that a "formerly male athlete would run over" one of his daughters on an athletic field.

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It ignores the ethical standards written into law by Congress and relies entirely on nonbinding admonitions about how the justices “should” behave, leaving the justices free to pick and choose among them.

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This admonition applied to words as well as sticks and stones; there were just certain things liberals shouldn’t say to, or about, Trump’s familiars.

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Despite decades of admonitions from nutritionists and environmentalists to “eat locally, think globally,” our collective diets are more international than ever.

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Mexico sent a diplomat note to Washington expressing displeasure with the admonitions from Salazar.

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