monition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: monition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for monition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monition n a firm rebuke [syn: admonition, admonishment, monition] 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" Synonym(s): admonition, monition, warning, word of advice 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 Synonym(s): monition, process of monition
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monition \Moni"tion\, n. [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) 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.