1. (

• admonition ,
• admonishment ,
• monition

) a firm rebuke ;

2. (

• admonition ,
• monition ,
• warning ,
• word_of_advice

) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" ;

3. (

• monition ,
• process_of_monition

) 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 ;