monition

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/məˈnɪʃn̩/ (UK)

Definition of monition

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
    “I heard something of it, however, and, young as I was, could not help wondering how men who carried the worst passions of life into their retreat, could imagine that retreat was a refuge from the erosions of their evil tempers, the monitions of conscience, and the accusations of God.”
    “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.”
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noun

  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.”
    “I heard something of it, however, and, young as I was, could not help wondering how men who carried the worst passions of life into their retreat, could imagine that retreat was a refuge from the erosions of their evil tempers, the monitions of conscience, and the accusations of God.”
    “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; an omen.
    “I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me.”

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Etymology

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

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