noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/
/ˌɛksɔːˈteɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or practice of exhorting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: counsel
Antonyms: admonition
3
noun
Meaning 3
a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communication, communicating
4
noun
Meaning 4
the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incitement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: persuasion, suasion
Narrower terms: pep talk
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
հորդորանք
(hordorankʻ)
— Act or practice of exhorting
Bulgarian:
увещание
(uveštanie)
— Act or practice of exhorting
Chinese Mandarin:
勸告 /劝告
(quàngào)
— Act or practice of exhorting
Chinese Mandarin:
規勸 /规劝
(guīquàn)
— Act or practice of exhorting
Dutch:
aanmoediging
— Act or practice of exhorting
Esperanto:
admono
— Act or practice of exhorting
French:
exhortation
— Act or practice of exhorting
Greek:
παραίνεση
(paraínesi)
— Act or practice of exhorting
Hungarian:
buzdítás
— Act or practice of exhorting
Hungarian:
serkentés
— Act or practice of exhorting
Kazakh:
басалқа
(basalqa)
— Act or practice of exhorting
Kazakh:
басалқы
(basalqy)
— Act or practice of exhorting
Latin:
exhortātiō
— Act or practice of exhorting
Polish:
napomnienie
— Act or practice of exhorting
Polish:
upomnienie
— Act or practice of exhorting
Portuguese:
exortação
— Act or practice of exhorting
Serbo-Croatian:
poticanje
— Act or practice of exhorting
Serbo-Croatian:
podsticanje
— Act or practice of exhorting
Serbo-Croatian:
pobuđivanje
— Act or practice of exhorting
Spanish:
exhortación
— Act or practice of exhorting
Swedish:
erinran
— Act or practice of exhorting
Swedish:
uppmaning
— Act or practice of exhorting
Swedish:
förmaning
— Act or practice of exhorting
Turkish:
tembih
— Act or practice of exhorting
Turkish:
uyarı
— Act or practice of exhorting
Armenian:
հորդորանք
(hordorankʻ)
— Incite and encourage
Bulgarian:
съвет
(sǎvet)
— Incite and encourage
Chinese Mandarin:
激勵 /激励
(jīlì)
— Incite and encourage
