different between admonish vs monition

English

Etymology

From Middle English admonesten, admonissen, from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestr?re, from Latin admone? (“remind, warn”), from ad + mone? (“warn, advise”). See premonition.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m?n.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?m?n.??/

Verb

admonish (third-person singular simple present admonishes, present participle admonishing, simple past and past participle admonished)

1. (transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.

   Synonyms: reprimand, chide; see also Thesaurus:reprehend
2. (transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.

   Synonyms: caution; see also Thesaurus:advise
3. (transitive) To instruct or direct.

   Synonyms: inform, notify

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Anagrams

• modinhas

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad?mon??/

Verb

admonish (third-person singular present admonishes, present participle admonishin, past admonisht, past participle admonisht)

1. to admonish

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman monicion, Middle French monicion, and their source, Latin moniti? (“warning, admonition”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??n??n?/

Noun

monition (plural monitions)

1. A caution or warning. [from 14th c.]
   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 191-192:

     I heard something of it, however, and, young as I was, could not help wondering how men who carried the worst passions of life into their retreat, could imagine that retreat was a refuge from the erosions of their evil tempers, the monitions of conscience, and the accusations of God.

   • 1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse:

     He cherished the usual wise monitions, such as that one was not to make a fool of one's self and that one should not carry on one's technical experiments in public.

2. A legal notification of something. [from 15th c.]
3. A sign of impending danger; an omen. [from 15th c.]
   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:

     I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me.

Synonyms

• (caution or warning): caution, exhortation, warning

Related terms

• monish
• monishment
• admonish
• admonishment
• admonition
• commonition
• foremonish
• permonish
• premonish
• premonishment
• premonition
• submonish
• submonition

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