adhortation

Etymology

From Latin adhortatio, from adhortari (“to advise”).

adhortation means advice; exhortation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

ADHORTATION — [Noun] The earnest act of urging, counselling, or inciting someone to a course of action. From the Latin adhortatio, from adhortari ("to advise, to exhort"), from ad- ("to, towards") + hortari ("to urge, to encourage"). Unlike a "suggestion," which is a tentative idea laid gently upon the table, or "exhortation," its common and softened descendant, "adhortation" is an archaic pressure, a moral weight applied to the soul. It is the grave whisper of a confessor in a shadowed booth, the low, intense counsel over folded maps in a campaign tent, the final, fervent plea before a long journey—a relic from an age where advice was levied like a command, and words were deeds in waiting against the gathering dark.

noun

advice; exhortation“The use of this figure is great, and often necessarie and needfull to be used, the vertue and power whereof is worthie of high praise and commendation, for when commanding cannot force, nor promises allure, nor commination terrifie, as alone by themselves working in their single strengthes: yet Adhortation having al these conjoyned with it, and also sundry reasons of mightie power, as helping hand”