ADMONISHMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does admonishment mean? 

• ADMONISHMENT (noun)
  The noun ADMONISHMENT has 1 sense:

1. a firm rebuke

  Familiarity information: ADMONISHMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADMONISHMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A firm rebuke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

admonishment; admonition; monition

Hypernyms ("admonishment" is a kind of...):

rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)

Derivation:

admonish (take to task)

 Context examples 

His mother represented power; and as he grew older he felt this power in the sharper admonishment of her paw; while the reproving nudge of her nose gave place to the slash of her fangs.

(White Fang, by Jack London)