admonition

noun
/ˌædməˈnɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.

  1. derived from admonitio
  2. derived from amonicion
  3. inherited from amonicioun

Definitions

  1. A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.

    • But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for admonition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA