admonition

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ad·mo·ni·tion | \ ˌad-mə-ˈni-shən

Definition of admonition

1 : gentle or friendly reproof remembered the admonition to keep it simple

2 : counsel or warning against fault or oversight the principal's admonition against bullying

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Examples of admonition in a Sentence

an admonition to be careful He offered words of advice and admonition.

Recent Examples on the Web For the most part, juries try in good faith to follow the judge’s admonition to avoid media coverage (including social media) of the case. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 17 Nov. 2021 Clearly, the bill’s sponsors worry that Texans might take the titular admonition of Messrs. Burrough, Tomlinson and Stanford too dearly to heart. — Andrew R. Graybill, WSJ, 4 June 2021 Durón's lawyer, Jose Antonio Solis, stood in the room and repeated a familiar admonition. — Jere Longman New York Times, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021 Durón’s lawyer, Jose Antonio Solis, stood in the room and repeated a familiar admonition. — New York Times, 12 July 2021 That admonition might be better directed at his G.O.P. enablers, who are preserving, and even promoting, his fantasy that the 2020 election was stolen. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 20 May 2021 All this makes the admonition of Congressional Democrats by former President Barack Obama's pollster, Joel Benenson, compelling. — Charlie Dent, CNN, 30 July 2021 In two paragraphs and seven bullet points, the admonition is repeated three times. — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2021 Your suggestions were valid, and the admonition to shower before work was good, but that may not be enough. — cleveland, 24 May 2021

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