Containing admonition; that admonishes.
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Dissuasion Roget’s Thesaurus §616
N. dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance, deprecation, discouragement, damper, wet blanket, disillusionment, disenchantment, cohibition, curb, check, reluctance, contraindication
V. dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate, disincline, indispose, shake, stagger, dispirit, discourage, dishearten, deter, repress, hold back, keep back, render averse, repel, turn aside, wean from, act as a drag, throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench, deprecate, disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble, disabuse (correction) 527a
Adj. dissuading, dissuasive, dehortatory, expostulatory, monitive|, monitory, dissuaded, admonitory, uninduced &c. (induce ), unpersuadable, averse, repugnant, repressed
Warning Roget’s Thesaurus §668
N. warning, early warning, caution, caveat, notice, premonition, premonishment, prediction, contraindication, lesson, dehortation, admonition, monition, alarm, handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag, fog-signal, foghorn, siren, monitor, warning voice, cassandra, signs of the times, mother cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch, watchtower, beacon, signal post, lighthouse, sentinel, sentry, watch, watchman, watch and ward, watchdog, bandog, housedog, patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial|, undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman, advanced guard, rear guard, lookout, cautiousness, monitor, guard camera, radar, awacs, spy satellite, spy-in-the-sky, u2 plane, spy plane
V. warn, caution, forewarn, prewarn, admonish, premonish, give notice, give warning, dehort, menace, put on one's guard, sound the alarm, croak, beware, ware, take warning, take heed at one's peril, keep watch and ward
Adj. warning, premonitory, monitory, cautionary, admonitory, admonitive, sematic, warned, forewarned, on one's guard, (cautious) 864
Adv. in terrorem
Int. beware, ware, take care, look out, fore, [golf], mind what you are about, take care what you are about, mind, phr, ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort, foenum habet in cornu, caveat actor, le silence du people est la legon des rois, verbum sat sapienti, un averti en vaut deux
Advice Roget’s Thesaurus §695
N. advice, counsel, adhortation|, word to the wise, # suggestion, submonition|, recommendation, advocacy, advisement, exhortation, expostulation, admonition, guidance, instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation, governor's message, president's message, king's message, queen's speech, message, speech from the throne, adviser, prompter, counsel, counselor, monitor, mentor, nestor, magnus apollo, senator, teacher, guide, manual, chart, physician, doctor, leech|, archiater, arbiter, reference, referment, consultation, conference, pourparler
V. advise, counsel, give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice, suggest, prompt, submonish, recommend, prescribe, advocate, exhort, enjoin, enforce, charge, instruct, call, call upon, dictate, expostulate, admonish, advise with, lay heads together, consult together, compare notes, hold a council, deliberate, be closeted with, confer, consult, refer to, call in, take advice, follow advice, be advised by, have at one's elbow, take one's cue from
Phr. "give every man thine ear but few thy voice", "i pray thee cease thy counsel", "my guide, philosopher, and friend", "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good", verbum sat sapienti, vive memor leti, "we, ask advice but we mean approbation"
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