dehortation

English

Etymology

From Latin dehortatio (“dissuasion”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /diːˌhɔːˈteɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: de‧hor‧tat‧ion

Noun

dehortation (usually uncountable, plural dehortations)

1. (archaic) Advice against something; dissuasion.

   Synonym: dehortatio

   Antonym: exhortation

   • 1727, Robert South, “Luke xii. 15.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, 4th edition, volume IV, London: Printed by J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], →OCLC, pages 444–445:

     And thus much for the ſecond thing conſiderable in the Dehortation; namely, the Thing we are therein dehorted from, which is, that mean, ſordid, and degrading Vice of Covetouſneſs.

   • 1825 January 7, Robert Southey, “To the Rev. Herbert Hill, &c.”, in John Wood Warter, editor, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, &c. &c. &c. [...] In Four Volumes, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, published 1856, →OCLC, page 462:

     Croker dehorts me from visiting Ireland, from which I do not need much dehortation, considering the aspect in that miserable country.

Related terms

• dehort
• dehortatio
• dehorting (noun)