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Webster 1913 Edition
Admonition
Adˊmo-ni′tion
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
admonition
admonition
English
Noun
admonition (plural admonitions)
- 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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Translations
gentle or friendly reproof
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Swedish
Noun
admonition c
- an admonition, a warning
Declension
| Inflection of admonition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | admonition | admonitionen | admonitioner | admonitionerna |
| Genitive | admonitions | admonitionens | admonitioners | admonitionernas |