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noun
Advice or exhortation, particularly of a moral or religious nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A warning of impending evil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable, usually
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History
From Ancient Greek παραίνεσις (paraínesis, “exhortation, advice”).
