'Exhortation' definitions:
Definition of 'exhortation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
noun
The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion [syn: exhortation, incitement]
Definition of 'Exhortation'
From: GCIDE
- Exhortation \Ex`hor*ta"tion\, n. [L. exhortatio: cf. F. exhortation.]
- 1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. [1913 Webster]
- I'll end my exhortation after dinner. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exhortation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- admonition,
- advice,
- advising,
- advocacy,
- after-dinner speech,
- allocution,
- allurement,
- blandishment,
- briefing,
- bugle call,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- call to arms,
- call-up,
- catchword,
- caution,
- caveat,
- chalk talk,
- clarion,
- clarion call,
- coaxing,
- conning,
- conscription,
- consultation,
- council,
- counsel,
- debate,
- declamation,
- diatribe,
- direction,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- eulogy,
- expostulation,
- filibuster,
- forensic,
- forensic address,
- formal speech,
- funeral oration,
- go for broke,
- guidance,
- gung ho,
- harangue,
- hortation,
- hortatory address,
- idea,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- inducement,
- instruction,
- invective,
- jawboning,
- jeremiad,
- levy,
- lobbying,
- mobilization,
- monition,
- muster,
- opinion,
- oration,
- parley,
- pep talk,
- peroration,
- persuasion,
- philippic,
- pitch,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- prepared speech,
- prepared text,
- proposal,
- public speech,
- rally,
- rallying cry,
- reading,
- rebel yell,
- recital,
- recitation,
- recommendation,
- recruitment,
- remonstrance,
- sales talk,
- salesmanship,
- salutatory,
- salutatory address,
- say,
- screed,
- selling,
- set speech,
- slogan,
- snow job,
- soft soap,
- solicitation,
- speech,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- suasion,
- suggestion,
- sweet talk,
- talk,
- talkathon,
- thought,
- tirade,
- trumpet call,
- valediction,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address,
- war cry,
- war whoop,
- warning,
- watchword,
- wheedling,
- working on