dehortation
English
Etymology
From Latin dehortatio (“dissuasion”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: de‧hor‧tat‧ion
Noun
dehortation (usually uncountable, plural dehortations)
- (archaic) Advice against something; dissuasion.
- Synonym: dehortatio
- 1727, Robert South, “Luke xii. 15.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, 4th edition, volume IV, London: Printed by J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], →OCLC, pages 444–445:
- And thus much for the ſecond thing conſiderable in the Dehortation; namely, the Thing we are therein dehorted from, which is, that mean, ſordid, and degrading Vice of Covetouſneſs.
- 1825 January 7, Robert Southey, “To the Rev. Herbert Hill, &c.”, in John Wood Warter, editor, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, &c. &c. &c. [...] In Four Volumes, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, published 1856, →OCLC, page 462:
- Croker dehorts me from visiting Ireland, from which I do not need much dehortation, considering the aspect in that miserable country.
Related terms
- dehort
- dehortatio
- dehorting (noun)