dehortations
dehortations is the plural of dehortation.
Meaning of dehortation
Noun
dehortation (usually uncountable, plural dehortations)
- Advice against something; dissuasion.
- And thus much for the ſecond thing conſiderable in the Dehortation; namely, the Thing we are therein dehorted from, which is, that mean, ſordid, and degrading Vice of Covetouſneſs.1727, Robert South, “Luke xii. 15.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, 4th edition, volume IV, London: Printed by J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […]...
- Synonyms:
- dehortatio
- Antonyms:
- exhortation
Questions about dehortations
- What is dehortations the plural of?
- Dehortations is the plural of dehortation.
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