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mo⋅ni⋅tion

  [muh-nish-uhn, moh-]
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–noun
1. Literary. admonition or warning.
2. an official or legal notice.
3. Law. a court order to a person, esp. one requiring an appearance and answer. Compare subpoena.
4. a formal notice from a bishop requiring the amendment of an ecclesiastical offense.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME monicio(u)n < L monitiōn- (s. of monitiō) warning, equiv. to monit(us) (ptp. of monēre to advise, warn) + -iōn- -ion
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mo·ni·tion   (mō-nĭsh'ən, mə-)   
n.  

  1. A warning or an intimation of something imminent, especially of impending danger.

  2. Cautionary advice or counsel; an admonition.

  3. A formal order from a bishop or an ecclesiastical court to refrain from a specified offense.

  4. A summons or citation in civil or admiralty law.


[Middle English monicioun, from Old French monicion, from Latin monitiō, monitiōn-, from monitus, past participle of monēre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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monition 
"warning," c.1375, from O.Fr. monition, from L. monitionem (nom. monitio) "warning, reminding," noun of action from monere "to warn" (see monitor).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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