admonition
(ˌædməˈnɪʃən)
Also 4–6 amonicioun, -cion; 6 ammonycyon, admonicion; 6– admonition.
[a. OFr. amonition, later admonition; ad. L. admonitiōn-em, n. of action, f. admonē-re to admonish.]
1. The action of admonishing; authoritative counsel; warning, implied reproof.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. (1868) 13 Nedeþ it ȝitte, quod I, of rehersyng or of amonicioun. 1506 Ordin. Crysten Men (W. de Worde) iv. xxi. 281 Take payne by ammonycyon or otherwyse that restytucyon were made. 1604 Rowlands Looke to it 20 You that liue as you please, do what you list, and admonition vtterly resist. 1611 Bible 1 Cor. x. 11 These things..are written for our admonition. 1757 Johnson Rambler No. 155 ¶6 Few are persuaded to quit it by admonition or reproof. 1861 Geo. Eliot Silas M. 7 Feeling bound to accept rebuke and admonition as a brotherly office. |
2. An act of admonishing; a warning, reproof; an utterance or statement of grave counsel or censure, esp. of ecclesiastical censure.
| 1526 Tindale Tit. iv. 10 A man that is geuen to heresie, after the fyrst and the seconde amonicion, avoyde. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. 102 Admonition is the lowest of Ecclesiasticall censures. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., By the ancient canons, nine monitories, or Admonitions, at due distance, are required before excommunication. 1843 Lytton Last of Barons i. iv. 57 He now called to mind the admonitions of his host. 1870 Bryant Homer I. vi. 184 The timely admonition changed The purpose of his brother. |