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Webster 1913 Edition


Admonition

Adˊmo-ni′tion

,
Noun.
[OE.
amonicioun
, OF.
amonition
, F.
admonition
, fr. L.
admonitio
, fr.
admonere
. See
Admonish
.]
Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter. A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to inferiors.

Webster 1828 Edition


Admonition

ADMONI'TION

,
Noun.
Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; direction. Tit. 3. 1Cor. 10. In church discipline, public or private reproof to reclaim an offender; a step preliminary to excommunication.

Definition 2024


admonition

admonition

English

Noun

admonition (plural admonitions)

  1. Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
    • 1892, Plato, Laws (Plato):
      But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.

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  • See also Wikisaurus:advice

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French

Noun

admonition f (plural admonitions)

  1. an admonition, a warning

Swedish

Noun

admonition c

  1. an admonition, a warning

Declension

Inflection of admonition 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative admonition admonitionen admonitioner admonitionerna
Genitive admonitions admonitionens admonitioners admonitionernas

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