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

2 senses of exhortation

Sense 1
exhortation -- (a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action)
       => communication, communicating -- (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow")

Sense 2
exhortation, incitement -- (the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion)
       => persuasion, suasion -- (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)