exhortations

Synonyms

preaching bidding sermon incitement instigation entreaty beseeching goading

Examples

Children are to be won to follow liberal studies by exhortations and rational motives, and on no account to be forced thereto by whipping. Plutarch

I must follow the inscrutable exhortations of my soul. Bill Watterson

Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all. James Mill

Muslim discourse is currently a tissue of myths, conspiracy theories, and exhortations to recapture the glories of the seventh century. Sam Harris

I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place. Laurel Lea

The power of ads rests more in the repetition of obvious exhortations than in the subtle transmission of values. Michael Schudson