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admonished

[ ad-mon-isht ]

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adjective

rebuked or reminded of one’s duty, especially in a mild manner or with good will:
As she spoke, the employee looked down and kicked the dirt like an admonished child.
Tears came not from the admonished four-year-old who had destroyed the elaborate sandcastle, but from my dad, who had built it.
cautioned or advised against something; warned:
A previously admonished person entering the premises without the owner’s written authorization shall be deemed to be trespassing.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of admonish.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of admonished¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; admonish ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; admonish ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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The court admonished her and released her without further punishment.

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A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has been admonished after entering the private chambers of other judges and going through their papers and computers, according to the California Commission on Judicial Performance.

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She was spared further punishment and admonished by Lord Beckett after he heard Gallagher had not offended over the last year.

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He admonished Joe Biden’s administration as “the worst in history” and he swore that countries across the globe were releasing gang members from prisons to invade our country.

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The report said that when the student was slow to make her payments, both Moon and Kwak “admonished” that her research participation would be suspended.

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