Noun: monition mow'ni-shun or mu'ni-shun
- Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
"a letter of monition about the dangers of immorality";
- admonition, warning, word of advice
- A firm rebuke
"The manager's monition about punctuality was taken seriously by the team";
- admonition, admonishment
- (law) 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
"The court issued a process of monition in the maritime case";
- process of monition
Derived forms: monitions
Type of: advice, process, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, summons
Encyclopedia: Monition