admonition Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
monition; warning; word of advice.
- 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
noun a firm rebuke
admonishment; monition.

OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. Syn. -- Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof. Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter. A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to inferiors.