MONITION

monition, process of monition

(noun) 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

admonition, monition, warning, word of advice

(noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); “a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality”; “the warning was to beware of surprises”; “his final word of advice was not to play with matches”

admonition, admonishment, monition

(noun) a firm rebuke

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

monition (plural monitions)

A caution or warning. [from 14th c.]

A legal notification of something. [from 15th c.]

A sign of impending danger; an omen. [from 15th c.]

Synonyms

• (caution or warning): caution, exhortation, warning

Source: Wiktionary

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Mo*ni"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.]

1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. Sage monitions from his friends. Swift.

2. Information; indication; notice; advice. We have no visible monition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder.

3. (Admiralty Practice)

Definition: A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

4. (Eccl. Law)

Definition: An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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