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Admonish

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

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Broader term 6

Advise 76% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Counsel 76% connected

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Criticise 76% connected

To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knock 76% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rede 76% connected

To advise or counsel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Warn 76% connected

To refuse.

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Admonition 74% connected

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Admonition 74% connected

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Caution 74% connected

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wa…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Caution 74% connected

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wa…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Monition 74% connected

Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Monition 74% connected

Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Caution 92% connected

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wa…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discourage 92% connected

To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Monish 92% connected

To admonish; to warn. See Admonish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reproof 92% connected

Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Reprove 92% connected

To convince.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Warn 92% connected

To refuse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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