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admonition

[ad-muh-nish-uhn] / ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən /


NOUN
scolding
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STRONGEST


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"You have no previous convictions and I have taken the view that admonition is appropriate."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Above the Torah ark in Ms. Wisse’s synagogue, an admonition is written in Hebrew: “Know before whom you stand.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The admonition was met with silence in the courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

Jessica Lautz, vice president of research at the National Association of Realtors, offers this admonition to homeowners selling for the first time in years: “It’s a very different housing market today.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

Jinny thought briefly of Joon’s swimming lesson, and of Ben’s soft admonition.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

Given the IRS’s guidance and admonitions, tax professionals said, most taxpayers didn’t roll the dice on that literal reading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

The admonitions in Geismer’s book, published three years ago, cogently apply to the present and future.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025

Criminologists tend to speak in caveats, with warning of reversion to the mean and admonitions to wait for better data, but even they must admit: These are some eye-catching numbers.

From Slate ● May 7, 2025

Respected by fire agencies across the country, Cohen and Pyne have found their straight-talk admonitions often disregarded or dismissed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025

For three hours—until six o’clock—he persisted in the same inexorable vein: that Judge Fielding’s admonitions should be heeded with the utmost seriousness and that reasonable doubt existed.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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