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admonition

noun as in caution

noun as in scolding

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His supporters hosted a men-only fundraiser with this admonition on the invitation: “Tell the misses not to wait up.”

It will be interesting to see how that admonition plays with the die-hards.

That Soundos survived, and with a bullet in her head, seems to many an act of God, and an admonition.

At first, Wilson took seriously his admonition to Americans to “be impartial in thought, as well as action.”

Kelly's admonition of the film through an aide‚ years after the fact, doesn't go down well.

The more he thought of the Jews admonition, the more he was at a loss to divine its real purpose and meaning.

The prophet's admonition to the Jews in Egypt against idolatry is not regarded: he denounces to them their destruction.

In the background is seen the profile of his wife, as though uttering her solemn admonition against the impending crime.

He will travel but few miles from Calais, before he will understand the necessity of this admonition.

"Och, there's nae harm meant," returned Annie, taken aback by the old woman's admonition.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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