Synonyms of admonishment

nounThe act of admonishing.

• admonitionA rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
• monishmentAdmonition; a rebuke.
• reprimandA severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
• reproach
• reproofAn act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
• blameCensure.
• brickbatting figurativelyThe act of assailing with (sharp) criticism.
• castigationSevere criticism.
• censureThe act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
• onus
• chastisementThe act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
• criticism
• critiqueThe art of criticism.
• dispraiseBlame; reproach; disapproval; criticism.
• panningThorough criticism.
• reprehensionThe act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand.
• vituperationThe act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring.
• discommendation archaicBlame; censure; reproach; shunning.