admonition
11admonition — Admonition. s. f. Avertissement. Il n a guere d usage qu en parlant des remontrances secretes qu un pere peut faire à son fils, & un Directeur à son penitent. Aprés diverses admonitions …
12admonition — (a dmo ni sion) s. f. 1° Action d admonéter. L admonition a été abolie. 2° Avertissement. • Après avoir inutilement tenté près de moi les admonitions charitables, Marcellin employa les mesures sévères, CHATEAUBR. Mart. 132. HISTORIQUE… …
13Admonition — for the author of a poem titled Admonition .Admonition (or being admonished ) is a punishment under Scots law when an offender has been found guilty but is neither imprisoned nor fined but receives a verbal warning and is afterwards set free. The …
14admonition — UK [ˌædməˈnɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms admonition : singular admonition plural admonitions formal a warning about someone s behaviour …
15admonition — noun Etymology: Middle English amonicioun, from Anglo French amonicion, from Latin admonition , admonitio, from admonēre Date: 14th century 1. gentle or friendly reproof 2. counsel or warning against fault or oversight …
16admonition — /ad meuh nish euhn/, 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. [1350 1400; < L admonition (s. of admonitio); see AD , MONITION; r. late ME… …
17admonition — [[t]æ̱dmənɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] admonitions N VAR An admonition is a warning or criticism about someone s behaviour. [FORMAL] She is full of admonitions about smoking, now that she has given it up. Syn: reproof …
18admonition — /aedmanishan/ Any authoritative oral communication or statement by way of advice or caution by the court to the jury respecting their duty or conduct as jurors, the admissibility or nonadmissibility of evidence, or the purpose for which any… …
19admonition — /aedmanishan/ Any authoritative oral communication or statement by way of advice or caution by the court to the jury respecting their duty or conduct as jurors, the admissibility or nonadmissibility of evidence, or the purpose for which any… …
20admonition — admonish ► VERB 1) reprimand firmly. 2) earnestly urge or warn. DERIVATIVES admonishment noun admonition noun admonitory adjective. ORIGIN Latin admonere urge by warning …
