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.
   • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     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)
• 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
• 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/

Noun

exhortation f (plural exhortations)

1. An exhortation

   Synonym: encouragement

Further reading

• “exhortation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).