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admonition

Admonition (noun) means a rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.

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A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
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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.

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"admonition" (noun) means a rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.

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