MONITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monition mean? 

• MONITION (noun)
  The noun MONITION has 3 senses:

1. a firm rebuke

2. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)

3. 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

  Familiarity information: MONITION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A firm rebuke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

admonishment; admonition; monition

Hypernyms ("monition" is a kind of...):

rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

admonition; monition; warning; word of advice

Context example:

his final word of advice was not to play with matches

Hypernyms ("monition" is a kind of...):

advice (a proposal for an appropriate course of action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monition"):

deterrent example; example; lesson; object lesson (punishment intended as a warning to others)

Derivation:

monish (advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior)

monish (warn strongly; put on guard)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

monition; process of monition

Hypernyms ("monition" is a kind of...):

process; summons (a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)