monition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a firm rebuke
    admonishment; admonition.
  2. noun cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
    warning; admonition; 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
  3. 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
    process of monition.

WordNet

Mo*ni"tion noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.
Definitions
  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) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
  4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.

Webster 1913