monition
Americannoun
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Literary. admonition or warning.
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an official or legal notice.
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Law. a court order to a person, especially one requiring an appearance and answer.
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a formal notice from a bishop requiring the amendment of an ecclesiastical offense.
noun
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a warning or caution; admonition
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Christianity a formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court requiring a person to refrain from committing a specific offence
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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The tribunal ordered a "monition", a formal warning or caution, for all the charges.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
This great big old bear of a man, you see, according to D.C. gossip Lloyd Grove, "enjoys the friendliest relations with the Washington media elite of any prospective candidate vying for the Republican monition."
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2010
One feels an eerie pre monition and vulnerability before the spectacle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whichever way he turned there was some monition of its presence.
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar
No monition or sentence was pronounced against the Bishop of Lincoln for having committed breaches of the ecclesiastical law.
From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George
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