What does "animadversion" mean?
Animadversion: Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.
Additional senses
- 2.Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon.
- 3.Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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