"admonition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌædməˈnɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-admonition.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-admonition.wav [US] Forms: admonitions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|amonicioun}} Middle English amonicioun, {{der|en|fro|amonicion}} Old French amonicion, {{der|en|la|admonitio}} Latin admonitio, {{m|la|admonere}} admonere Head templates: {{en-noun}} admonition (plural admonitions)
  1. Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning. Derived forms: admonitional, admonitionist, admonitive, preadmonition Related terms: admonish Translations (gentle or friendly reproof): νουθεσία (nouthesía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), νουθέτημα (nouthétēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), հորդորանք (hordorankʿ) (Armenian), napomenutí [neuter] (Czech), aanmaning [feminine] (Dutch), waarschuwing [feminine] (Dutch), admono (Esperanto), admonado (Esperanto), nuhde (Finnish), nuhteleminen (Finnish), huomautus (Finnish), varoitus (Finnish), Ermahnung [feminine] (German), admonitiō [feminine] (Latin), прекор (prekor) [masculine] (Macedonian), опомена (opomena) [feminine] (Macedonian), गाली (gālī) (Nepali), تذکر (tazakkor) (Persian), upomnienie [neuter] (Polish), przestroga [feminine] (Polish), admonicja [dated, feminine] (Polish), repreensão [feminine] (Portuguese), advertência [feminine] (Portuguese), aviso [masculine] (Portuguese), admonição (Portuguese), предостереже́ние (predosterežénije) [neuter] (Russian), замеча́ние (zamečánije) [neuter] (Russian), admonición [feminine] (Spanish), förmaning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-admonition-en-noun-yopBezzz Categories (other): Armenian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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}

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