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An exhortation (obsolete Latin: Adhortation, used mainly in monasteries and boarding term) is the expression of disapproval of wrongdoing, often associated with the request to set this misbehavior. Further, it may be reference to the consequences of a feared, but not yet occurred misconduct.

The admonition is usually an educational or legal measure for future regulation of the behavior of a person. In the scientific educational literature, the term is difficult to find today.

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In civil procedure and criminal procedure there is the Wahrheitsermahnung so-called, that the witness is admonished by the judge before his testimony to the truth, pointed out the possibility of the oath and informed of the consequences of an incorrect or incomplete statement, § 395 paragraph 1 of the Civil Procedure Code and § 57 Code of Criminal Procedure.

In the youth criminal proceedings, the juvenile court may at the request of the prosecutor rather than the pursuit of youthful misbehavior an exhortation to express ( § 45 paragraph 3 Juvenile Court Act ).

In the area of ​​labor law, the admonition is a means less restrictive than the warning. It differs from these primarily in that it states that the worker no consequences of the misconduct to the existence or the contents of the employment relationship in view. The admonition will choose the employer, where such breach is not serious. The exhortation is also found in the civil service law, in particular for any breach of official duty. It is a disapproving expression of the superior, which is not a disciplinary measure (see § 6 Federal Disciplinary Act and corresponding regulations of the countries, for example, Article 7 of the Bavarian disciplinary rules, § 6 Disciplinary Act NRW).

A judge may be admonished by way of supervision, § 26, paragraph 2 German Judiciary Act. Also notaries may be issued a warning for disorderly conduct minor nature ( § 75 Bundesnotarordnung ).

In the school law are admonitions and disapprovals against students as a pedagogical or educational measures, partly provided as regulatory measures ( explicitly. , For example, in § 53 para 2 nordrh - westf Education Act, § 25, Section 1 Schlesw. - Holst. Education Act and § 51 para 1 thür. law school ).