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admonition

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ad⋅mo⋅ni⋅tion

  [ad-muh-nish-uhn]
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–noun
1. an act of admonishing.
2. counsel, advice, or caution.
3. a gentle reproof.
4. a warning or reproof given by an eccleslastical authority.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L admonitiōn- (s. of admonitiō); see ad-, monition; r. late ME amonicioun < AF < L; see admonish
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ad·mo·ni·tion   (ād'mə-nĭsh'ən)   
n.  

  1. Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof.

  2. Cautionary advice or warning.


[Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonition, from Latin admonitiō, admonitiōn-, from admonitus, past participle of admonēre, to admonish; see admonish.]
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