exhortation

CEFRC1

/ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Strong advice or encouragement to do something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.

Examples

  • What, then, is the exhortation I give you? I urge you to be saved.

  • All gladly drew round the table, and Mrs. Palmer's exhortation of “Poor dears, do enjoy yourselves,” was fulfilled, even to her own satisfaction.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˌɛksɔːˈteɪʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The act or practice of exhorting.

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In context

  • His exhortations to his assistants to waste no time in getting on with the job, and to be tactful and courteous with those outside the railway service with whom they had to deal, are as apposite today as they were a century ago.

  • Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, Ile end my exhortation after dinner.

  • And ye haue forgotten the exhortation which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). By surface analysis, exhort + -ation.