exhortation

Noun

Meaning

The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.

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The Christian message is not an exhortation - "try hard to be good." Good advice, but there is no saving gospel in that. Halford E. Luccock

The work deserved its success for its own merits, for despite the narration of many marvellous sights, the author remained urbane and tolerant. He was a superb storyteller with a vivid imagination, who was able to combine the novel with the familiar, and moral exhortation with entertainment. John Mandeville

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark. Elihu Root

No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back. John Holt

The fact that seems to underlie this exhortation is that we become what we think about. Frank Crane

What is blasphemy in one country would be a religious exhortation in another. It is owing to where you are and who is in authority. Robert G. Ingersoll

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