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monition

[muh-nish-uh n, moh-]
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noun

Literary. admonition or warning.
an official or legal notice.
Law. a court order to a person, especially one requiring an appearance and answer.Compare subpoena.
a formal notice from a bishop requiring the amendment of an ecclesiastical offense.

RELATED WORDS

notice, caveat, hint, citation, admonition, summons, warning, caution, forewarning, intimation, order

Nearby words

  1. monish,
  2. monism,
  3. monist,
  4. monistic,
  5. moniter,
  6. monitor,
  7. monitor versus merrimack,
  8. monitorial,
  9. monitory,
  10. monitress

Origin of monition

1350–1400; Middle English monicio(u)n < Latin monitiōn- (stem of monitiō) warning, equivalent to monit(us) (past participle of monēre to advise, warn) + -iōn- -ion
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British Dictionary definitions for monition

monition

noun

a warning or caution; admonition
Christianity a formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court requiring a person to refrain from committing a specific offence

Word Origin for monition

C14: via Old French from Latin monitiō, from monēre to warn
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Word Origin and History for monition

monition

n.

"warning," late 14c., from Old French monition (13c.) and directly from Latin monitionem (nominative monitio) "warning, admonition, reminding," noun of action from past participle stem of monere "to warn" (see monitor (n.)).

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