Thesaurus: monition

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1. n. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
2. n. Information; indication; notice; advice.
3. n. A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
4. n. An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
5. n. a firm rebuke
6. n. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
7. n. 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
8. 1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. Sage monitions from his friends. Swift. 2. Information; indication; notice; advice. We have no visible monition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder. 3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer. 4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.
9. A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
10. n. 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