FromMiddle Englishexhortacioun, fromOld Frenchexhortacion, fromLatinexhortātiōnem,[1][2] accusative singular ofexhortātiō(“encouraging; exhortation”), fromexhortor(“to encourage, exhort”), fromex(“out of, from”) +hortor(“encourage”). Bysurface analysis,exhort +-ation.
exhortation (countable anduncountable,pluralexhortations)
- The act or practice ofexhorting.
1838 (date written),L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, inLady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London:Henry Colburn, […], published1842,→OCLC,page47:All gladly drew round the table, and Mrs. Palmer'sexhortation of “Poor dears, do enjoy yourselves,” was fulfilled, even to her own satisfaction.
1958 August, “More Light on Brunel”, inRailway Magazine, page516:Hisexhortations to his assistants to waste no time in getting on with the job, and to be tactful and courteous with those outside the railway service with whom they had to deal, are as apposite today as they were a century ago.
2017 June 2,Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, inKatharine Viner, editor,The Guardian[1], London:Guardian News & Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on7 April 2023:Earlier on the Other stage on Friday afternoon,Charli XCX took a more straightforward, rabble-rousing approach, a flurry of confetti cannon, inflatables andexhortations to wild hedonism: “I hope everyone gets really fucked up this weekend!”
- Language intended to giveadvice or tourge orencourage.
- Synonym:counsel
- Antonym:admonition
c.1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i],page164, column 1:Come goodLorenzo, faryewell a while,
Ile end myexhortation after dinner.
Act or practice of exhorting
Borrowed fromLatinexhortātiōnem. Bysurface analysis,exhorter +-ation.
exhortation f (pluralexhortations)
- anexhortation
- Synonym:encouragement
