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monition

noun
/məˈnɪʃn̩/UK

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman monicion, Middle French monicion, and their source, Latin monitiō (“warning, admonition”).

  1. derived from monitiō — “warning, admonition”
  2. derived from monicion
  3. derived from monicion

Definitions

  1. A caution or warning.

    • For if the ſoul of man vvere emancipated by virtue, it vvould not need any regulation or monition, beſides that of its invvard Tribunal; vvhich becauſe ſin does uſurp upon, has ſome relief from thoſe extern adjuments.
    • He cherished the usual wise monitions, such as that one was not to make a fool of one's self and that one should not carry on one's technical experiments in public.

  2. A legal notification of something.

  3. A sign of impending danger

    A sign of impending danger; an omen.

    • I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA