exhortation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of exhorting.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.

Opposite of
admonition
Synonyms

admonition
rebuke
38k
admonishment
advice
B1
reprimand
23k
warning
B1
⚠️
incitement
counsel
B2
instruction
C2
encouragement
C2
urge
C1
urging
20k
preaching
C2
monition
instigation
inducement
lecture
B2
edification
exhort
notice
A2
pep talk
precept
promotion
B2
prompting
40k
pull
A2
recommend
B2
remonstrance
reproof
stimulation
C2
summons
C2
teaching
B2
persuasion
C2

word of advice

advise
B2
appeal
B2
awakening
C2
behest
31k
bid
B2
call
A1
calling
A2
📲
caution
C1
caveat
44k
chastisement
commination
correction
C2
countenance
23k
injunction
C2
instructions
B2
invitation
B2
lesson
B1
Translations

esortazione
aanmaning
Ermahnung

vermaan

exhortation
aansporing
exhortación
vermaning
admoestação
repreensão

admonitus

waarschuwing
⚠️
ammonimento
advertencia
⚠️
Verweis
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
exhortacioun
In summary

From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). By surface analysis, exhort + -ation.

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