Word of the Day:
admonition
What It Means
A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
Admonition in Context
“Lenin repeats this admonition several times, and its purport is clear.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.
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