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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a firm rebuke;
[syn: admonition, admonishment, monition]

2. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness);
- Example: "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"
- Example: "the warning was to beware of surprises"
- Example: "his final word of advice was not to play with matches"
[syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice]

3. a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted;
[syn: monition, process of monition]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monition \Mo*ni"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.] 1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. [1913 Webster] Sage monitions from his friends. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Information; indication; notice; advice. [1913 Webster] We have no visible monition of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. --Holder. [1913 Webster] 3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer. [1913 Webster] 4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

monition n 1: a firm rebuke [syn: admonition, admonishment, monition] 2: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" [syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice] 3: a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted [syn: monition, process of monition]