admonition

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌædməʊˈnɪʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌædməˈnɪʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ad′mə nish′ən)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ad•mo•ni•tion /ˌædməˈnɪʃən/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a gentle warning:[countable]an admonition against lazy habits.
  2. [uncountable] mild criticism or counsel.
ad•mon•i•to•ry /ædˈmɑnɪˌtɔri/USA pronunciation  adj. See -mon-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ad•mo•ni•tion  (ad′mə nish′ən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an act of admonishing.
  2. counsel, advice, or caution.
  3. a gentle reproof.
  4. a warning or reproof given by an eccleslastical authority.
  • Latin; see admonish
  • Anglo-French
  • Latin admonitiōn- (stem of admonitiō); see ad-, monition; replacing late Middle English amonicioun
  • 1350–1400

'admonition' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
admonish - advice - caution - caveat - inculcate - injunction - item - monition - proverb - quiet - read - reprimand - wag - warning

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