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Monition

//məˈnɪʃn̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    A legal notification of something.
  4. 4
    cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) wordnet
  5. 5
    A sign of impending danger; an omen.

    "I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me."

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  1. 6
    a firm rebuke wordnet

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman monicion, Middle French monicion, and their source, Latin monitiō (“warning, admonition”).

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