exhortation

exhortation

English

Etymology

From Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exhortation (countable and uncountable, plural exhortations)

1. The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
   • 1838 (date written)​, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, OCLC 1000392275, page 47:

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

   • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian‎:

     Earlier on the Other stage on Friday afternoon, Charli XCX took a more straightforward, rabble-rousing approach, a flurry of confetti cannon, inflatables and exhortations to wild hedonism: “I hope everyone gets really fucked up this weekend!”

2. Language intended to incite and encourage

   Synonym: counsel

   Antonym: admonition

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advice

Translations

Act or practice of exhorting

Armenian: հորդորանք (hy) (hordorankʿ) Bulgarian: увещание (bg) n (uveštanie) Dutch: aanmoediging (nl) f Esperanto: admono French: exhortation (fr) f Greek: παραίνεση (el) f (paraínesi) Kazakh: басалқа (basalqa), басалқы (basalqy) Latin: exhortātiō f Serbo-Croatian: poticanje n, podsticanje n, pobuđivanje n Spanish: exhortación (es) Swedish: erinran (sv) c Turkish: tembih (tr), uyarı (tr)

Incite and encourage

Armenian: հորդորանք (hy) (hordorankʿ) Bulgarian: съвет (bg) m (sǎvet) Dutch: aanmoediging (nl) f Latin: exhortātiō f Turkish: tavsiye (tr), teşvik (tr)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhortātiō. Synchronically analysable as exhorter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

exhortation f (plural exhortations)

1. an exhortation

   Synonym: encouragement

Further reading

• “exhortation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.