admonition

Etymology

From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.

noun

  1. Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
    But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example. 1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Laws (Plato)

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