 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
admonition
noun
1: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially
imminent danger) [syn: {monition}, {warning}, {word of
advice}]
2: a firm rebuke [syn: {admonishment}, {monition}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Admonition \Ad'mo*ni"tion\, noun [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}.
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "admonition":
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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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ADMONITION, noun Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe. Friendly warning.
Consigned by way of admonition,
His soul forever to perdition.
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