Definition of Admonetion
Ad`mo*ni"tion (&?;), n. [OE.
amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L.
admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish.] Gentle or
friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of
authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Syn. -- Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof.
Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its
object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and
reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter.
A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case
of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is
authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to
inferiors.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe. Friendly warning.
Consigned by way of admonition,
His soul forever to perdition.
Judibras
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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