monition
nounUK /məˈnɪʃn̩/
Etymology From Anglo-Norman monicion, Middle French monicion, and their source, Latin monitiō (“warning, admonition”).
1
A caution or warning.
- For if the ſoul of man vvere emancipated by virtue, it vvould not need any regulation or monition, beſides that of its invvard Tribunal; vvhich becauſe ſin does uſurp upon, has ſome relief from thoſe extern adjuments.1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter XIV, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, page 214:
- I heard something of it, however, and, young as I was, could not help wondering how men who carried the worst passions of life into their retreat, could imagine that retreat was a refuge from the erosions of their evil tempers, the monitions of conscience, and the accusations of God.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 191:
1 more example
- He cherished the usual wise monitions, such as that one was not to make a fool of one's self and that one should not carry on one's technical experiments in public.1889–1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse […], volume (please specify the page), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC:
2
A legal notification of something.
3
A sign of impending danger; an omen.
- I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson:
- Synonyms
- caution, exhortation, warning
- Related terms
- admonish, admonishment, admonition, commonition, foremonish, monish, monishment, permonish, premonish, premonishment, premonition, submonish, submonition