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exhortation.

The act or practice of exhorting.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən//ˌɛksɔːˈteɪʃən/
  1. The act or practice of exhorting.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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