Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Monition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Sage monitions from his friends. --Swift.
2. Information; indication; notice; advice.
We have no visible monition of . . . other periods,
such as we have of the day by successive light and
darkness. --Holder.
3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons
to appear and answer.
4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against
to obey under pain of the law. --Shipley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
monition
n 1: a firm rebuke [syn: {admonition}, {admonishment}]
2: cautionary advice [syn: {admonition}, {warning}, {word of
advice}]
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