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ADMONITION

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• ADMONITION (noun)
The noun ADMONITION has 2 senses:

1. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)
2. a firm rebuke

Familiarity information: ADMONITION used as a noun is rare.

• ADMONITION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

admonition; word of advice; monition; warning

Hypernyms ("admonition" is a kind of...):

advice (a proposal for an appropriate course of action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "admonition"):

deterrent example; example; lesson; object lesson (punishment intended as a warning to others)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A firm rebuke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

admonishment; monition; admonition

Hypernyms ("admonition" is a kind of...):

rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)

"The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings."
(English proverb)
"One finger cannot lift a pebble."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"Oppose your affection to find rationality."
(Arabic proverb)
"Away from the eye, out of the heart."
(Dutch proverb)

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