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admonish
To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
💬 Quotations
Well, that's because he daren't trust you. But in his heart he is not a loyal brother. We know that well. So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
📑 Synonyms:
caution
💬 Quotations
“You needn’t stray off too far in doin’ it,” his partner admonished. “If that pack ever starts to jump you, them three cartridges’d be wuth no more’n three whoops in hell. Them animals is damn hungry, an’ once they start in, they’ll sure get you, Bill.”