Meanings
plural admonitions
- countableuncountableA rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
Lenin repeats this admonition several times, and its purport is clear.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3601 more example
But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.
1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Laws (Plato)Synonyms: admonishment, reprimand, reproach, reproof
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinadmonitio
- Old Frenchamonicion
- Middle Englishamonicioun
- Englishadmonition
From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek νουθεσία, νουθέτημα
- νουθεσία (nouthesía)rebuke
- νουθέτημα (nouthétēma)rebuke
Chinese Mandarin 告誡 /告诫, 訓誡 /训诫
- 告誡 /告诫 (gàojiè)rebuke
- 訓誡 /训诫 (xùnjiè)rebuke
Czech napomenutí
- napomenutírebuke
Dutch aanmaning, waarschuwing
- aanmaningrebuke
- waarschuwingrebuke
Esperanto admono, admonado
- admonorebuke
- admonadorebuke
Finnish nuhde, nuhteleminen
- nuhderebuke
- nuhteleminenrebuke
- huomautusrebuke
- varoitusrebuke
German Ermahnung
- Ermahnungrebuke
Latin admonitiō
- admonitiōrebuke
Persian تذکر
- تذکر (tazakkor)rebuke
Polish upomnienie, przestroga
- upomnienierebuke
- przestrogarebuke
- admonicjarebuke
Portuguese repreensão, advertência
- repreensãorebuke
- advertênciarebuke
- avisorebuke
- admoniçãorebuke
Russian предостереже́ние, замеча́ние
- предостереже́ние (predosterežénije)rebuke
- замеча́ние (zamečánije)rebuke
Spanish admonición
- admoniciónrebuke
Swedish förmaning
- förmaningrebuke
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with admonition
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Cite this entry
admonition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admonition
“admonition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admonition. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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