monition
- n a firm rebuke
- n cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality - n 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
- After that, Father Vandenberg gave his son the stern ad monition: "Always be a Republican.
- One feels an eerie pre monition and vulnerability before the spectacle.