admonition
/ˌædməˈnɪʃən/
admonition noun: a rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
Noun
admonition (countable and uncountable, plural admonitions)
- A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
- But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Laws (Plato)
- Lenin repeats this admonition several times, and its purport is clear.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- Synonyms:
- admonishment, reprimand, reproach, reproof
admonition meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
admonition in Tamil
- எச்சரிப்புரை, கடிந்துரை, கண்டித்து விட்டுவிடுதல், நயமான கண்டிப்பு, நல்லறிவு புகட்டுதல்
admonition in Urdu
- عبرت, نصیحت, پند, سرزنش, تادیب, تنبیہ
admonition in Bengali
- admonition; reproof
- এলাজ elaj
admonition in Malayalam
- ശാന്തോപദേശം, പ്രബോധനം, താക്കീത്
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- admonition in Kannada
- ಒತ್ತಿಹೇಳುವುದು
- admonition in Nepali
- गाली gālī
- admonition in Persian
- تذکر tazakkor
Examples of admonition in a sentence
- Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.
- Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their fundamentalist Christian views.
- He would hear the coach's admonition, "Always check your peripheral," after the ringing stopped in his ears.
Synonyms of admonition
Forms of admonition
| plural | admonitions |
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Origin of admonition
From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.
Words formed from admonition
Words that rhyme with admonition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- adposition
Questions about admonition
- What does admonition mean?
- Admonition means a rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
- What is admonition in Tamil?
- Admonition in Tamil is எச்சரிப்புரை, கடிந்துரை, கண்டித்து விட்டுவிடுதல். See Admonition meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is admonition?
- Admonition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce admonition?
- Admonition is pronounced /ˌædməˈnɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of admonition?
- The plural of admonition is admonitions.
Words near admonition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: admonition (page history and authors); admonition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admonition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); এলাজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); admonition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admonition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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