admonition

[ ad-muh-nish-uh n ]

/ ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən /

counsel, advice, or caution.

a gentle reproof.

a warning or reproof given by an ecclesiastical authority.

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1350–1400; < Latin admonitiōn- (stem of admonitiō); see ad-, monition; replacing late Middle English amonicioun < Anglo-French < Latin; see admonish

pre·ad·mo·ni·tion, noun

His supporters hosted a men-only fundraiser with this admonition on the invitation: “Tell the misses not to wait up.”
The Republican War on Women Continues, Just More Quietly|Eleanor Clift|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It will be interesting to see how that admonition plays with the die-hards.
It’s Not the President’s Speech That Makes News but the Reactions to It|Michelle Cottle|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That Soundos survived, and with a bullet in her head, seems to many an act of God, and an admonition.
The Little Syrian Girl With a Bullet in Her Head|Gregory Beals|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At first, Wilson took seriously his admonition to Americans to “be impartial in thought, as well as action.”
A Noble Failure: Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency Considered|Michael Kazin|September 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Kelly's admonition of the film through an aide‚ years after the fact, doesn't go down well.
Ray Kelly's Dalliance With The Islamophobic Fringes|Ali Gharib|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From you he expects absolution and admonition in his last moments.
The Devil's Elixir|E. T. A. Hoffmann
But she was afraid to utter a word, after the admonition she had received.
Put Yourself in His Place|Charles Reade
It might be that one year's intermission of preaching and admonition would place us below the level of the heathen.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. III|Martin Luther
Whose fault will it be but your own since you would not hear Paul's admonition to walk wisely and circumspectly?
Epistle Sermons, Vol. III|Martin Luther
Some other fellow as been and kept that admonition and means to do me out of it.
Anecdotes of the Great War|Carleton Britton Case