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NOUN (2)

1. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness);
- Example: "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"
- Example: "the warning was to beware of surprises"
- Example: "his final word of advice was not to play with matches"
[syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice]

2. a firm rebuke;
[syn: admonition, admonishment, monition]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

ADMONITION, n.  Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe.  Friendly warning.

    Consigned by way of admonition,
    His soul forever to perdition.
                                                              Judibras



Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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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