Exhortation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of exhorting.
  • n. A speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
  • n. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
  • n. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or practice of exhorting; incitement by means of argument, appeal, or admonition; the argument or appeal made.
  • n. Incitement to action, as of a nerve; stimulation; irritation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
  • n. the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
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    advice    counsel    admonition    urging    protreptic    hortation    prone    parænesis    paraenesis    hortative   
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