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English

Noun

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.

Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Admonition \Ad`mo*ni"tion\, n. [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.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof.

Usage: 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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet admonition
n 1: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially
imminent danger) [syn: monition, warning, {word of
advice}]
2: a firm rebuke [syn: admonishment, monition]

Moby Dictionary
admonishment , advice , advising , advocacy , alarm , briefing ,
castigation , caution , cautioning , caveat , chastisement , chiding ,
consultation , correction , council , counsel , determent , deterrence ,
deterrent example , direction , example , exhortation , expostulation ,
final notice , final warning , forewarning , frightening off ,
guidance , hint , hortation , idea , instruction , intimidation ,
lecture , lesson , monition , moral , notice , notification ,
object lesson , objurgation , opinion , parley , proposal , rap , rating ,
rebuke , recommendation , remonstrance , reprehension , reprimand ,
reproach , reprobation , reproof , reproval , scolding , sermon ,
spanking , suggestion , talking out of , thought , threat , tip-off ,
ultimatum , upbraiding , verbum sapienti , warning , warning piece ,
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ADMONITION. A reprimand from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him, that should he be guilty of the same fault for which he has been admonished, he will be punished with greater severity. Merlin, Repert. h.t. 2. The admonition was authorized by the civil law, as a species of punishment for slight misdemeanors. Vide Reprimand

ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe. Friendly warning. Consigned by way of admonition, His soul forever to perdition. Judibras