Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun commination

2 senses of commination

Sense 1
commination -- (prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday)
       => prayer, petition, orison -- (reverent petition to a deity)

Sense 2
commination -- (a threat of divine punishment or vengeance)
       => threat -- (declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit")