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exhortation
noun
1 exhortation
A communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action.
Roget 695:
advice,
counsel,
adhortation†;
word to the wise;
suggestion,
submonition†,
recommendation,
advocacy;
advisement.
exhortation
etc.
(persuasion)
615;
expostulation
etc.
(dissuasion)
616;
admonition
etc.
(warning)
668;
guidance
etc.
(direction)
693.
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 [Lat.],
senator;
teacher
etc.
540.
guide,
manual,
chart
etc.
(information)
527.
physician,
doctor,
leech†,
archiater†.
arbiter
etc.
(judge)
967.
reference,
referment†;
consultation,
conference,
pourparler.
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Dutch: aanmaning, maning, sommatie
2 exhortation
The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion.
synonym: incitement.
Roget 615:
motive,
springs of action,
wellsprings of action.
reason,
ground,
call,
principle;
by end,
by purpose;
mainspring,
primum mobile [Lat.],
keystone;
the why and the wherefore;
pro and con,
reason why;
secret motive,
arriere pensee [Fr.];
intention
etc.
620.
inducement,
consideration;
attraction;
loadstone;
magnet,
magnetism,
magnetic force;
allectation†,
allective†;
temptation,
enticement,
agacerie†,
allurement,
witchery;
bewitchment,
bewitchery;
charm;
spell
etc.
993;
fascination,
blandishment,
cajolery;
seduction,
seducement;
honeyed words,
voice of the tempter,
song of the Sirens forbidden fruit,
golden apple.
persuasibility†,
persuasibleness†;
attractability†;
impressibility,
susceptibility;
softness;
persuasiveness,
attractiveness;
tantalization†.
influence,
prompting,
dictate,
instance;
impulse,
impulsion;
incitement,
incitation;
press,
instigation;
provocation
etc.
(excitation of feeling)
824;
inspiration;
persuasion,
suasion;
encouragement,
advocacy;
exhortation;
advice
etc.
695;
solicitation
etc.
(request)
765;
lobbyism;
pull [Slang].
incentive,
stimulus,
spur,
fillip,
whip,
goad,
ankus†,
rowel,
provocative,
whet,
dram.
bribe,
lure;
decoy,
decoy duck;
bait,
trail of a red herring;
bribery and corruption;
sop,
sop for Cerberus.
prompter,
tempter;
seducer,
seductor†;
instigator,
firebrand,
incendiary;
Siren,
Circe;
agent provocateur;
lobbyist.
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Dutch: aanmoediging, aansporing, excitatie, stimulatie, stimulering
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