noun · countable / uncountable · rare

exhortation

exhortation · exhortations

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The act or practice of exhortingThe act or practice of exhorting.

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/ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/

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

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)The act or practice of exhorting.
the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
(countable, uncountable)Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.
a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

Examples

3 sentences

What, then, is the exhortation I give you? I urge you to be saved.
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Despite Hippocrates' very first exhortation, the history of medicine abounds in needless torture and bad counsel.
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The exhortation "Don't quote Wikipedia" was included in the Asahi newspaper of yesterday or the day before.
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Origin

From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, a

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.

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