exhortation
Meanings
noun
- The act or practice of exhorting.
- Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.
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Etymology
From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). By surface analysis, exhort + -ation.
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