admonition
noun/ˌædməˈnɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.
1
A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
- But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Laws (Plato):
- Derived terms
- admonitional, admonitionist, admonitive, preadmonition
- Related terms
- admonish