admonition

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌædməˈnɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

admonition (plural admonitions)

1. A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.
   • 1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Laws (Plato):

     But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.

Synonyms

• reproof
• See also Thesaurus:advice

Derived terms

• admonitional
• admonitionist
• admonitive
• preadmonition

 

Related terms

• admonish

Translations

gentle or friendly reproof

• Armenian: հորդորանք (hy) (hordorankʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 告誡／告诫 (zh) (gàojiè), 訓誡／训诫 (zh) (xùnjiè)

• Czech: napomenutí n
• Dutch: aanmaning (nl) f, waarschuwing (nl) f
• Esperanto: admono, admonado
• Finnish: nuhde (fi), nuhteleminen (fi), huomautus (fi), varoitus (fi)
• German: Ermahnung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: νουθεσία f (nouthesía), νουθέτημα n (nouthétēma)

• Latin: admonitiō f
• Macedonian: прекор m (prekor), опомена f (opomena)
• Nepali: गाली (ne) (gālī)
• Ottoman Turkish: وعظ (vaʼz)
• Persian: تذکر (fa) (tazakkor)
• Polish: upomnienie (pl) n, przestroga (pl) f, admonicja (pl) f (dated)
• Portuguese: repreensão (pt) f, advertência (pt) f, aviso (pt) m, admonição
• Russian: предостереже́ние (ru) n (predosterežénije), замеча́ние (ru) n (zamečánije)
• Spanish: admonición (es) f
• Swedish: förmaning (sv)

Anagrams

• domination

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

admonition f (plural admonitions)

1. an admonition, a warning

Further reading

• “admonition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

admonition c

1. an admonition, a warning

Declension

Declension of admonition

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	admonition	admonitions
	definite	admonitionen	admonitionens
plural	indefinite	admonitioner	admonitioners
	definite	admonitionerna	admonitionernas

Synonyms

• varning