Monition

Definition: Monition

Monition

Noun

1. A firm rebuke.

2. Cautionary advice.

Date "monition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Etymology: Monition \Mo*ni"tion\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to English mind. See Mind, and compare to Admonish, Money, Monster.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Monition

Synonyms: admonishment (n), admonition (n), warning (n), word of advice (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Information	Case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news; return; (record); account; (description); statement; (affirmation).
Warning	Noun: warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice; (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Monition

Etymologies containing "monition": Commonition ♦ monish, monument. (references)

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Language		Translations for "monition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shenjë rreziku, paralajmëri, këshillim (admonition, conference, consultation, counsel). (various references)

Bulgarian		съвет (admonishment, admonition, advice, board, council, counsel, exhortation, sanhedrim, suggestion, synod), указание (clue, designation, indication, instruction, intimation, lead, symptom), наставление (edification, precept), нареждане на епископ, предупреждение (admonition, caution, notice, office, premonition, warning), призоваване в съда. (various references)

Czech		varování (caution, caveat, premonition, tip off, warning), obsílka k soudu, nauèení. (various references)

German		Mahnung (admonition, exhortation, reminder, warning). (various references)

Greek		προειδοποίηση (caution, premonition, warning). (various references)

Hungarian		intés (admonishment, admonition, Beck, carpeting, caution, caveat, cue, exhortation, wafture, wave). (various references)

Italian		citazione (adduction, cit, citation, complaint, extract, mention, quotation, quote, subpoena, summons), avvertimento (admonishment, caution, warning), ammonizione (admonishment, admonition, reminder, warning). (various references)

Pig Latin		onitionmay

Portuguese		monístico, prevenção (foresight, prepay, prepossession, prevention, warning), intimação (daresay, demand, heigh, hollo, holloa, intimation, subpoena, summons, ultimatum), citação (adduction, arraignment, citation, commonplace, cross-reference, excess, intimation, mention, notifications, quotation, quote, reference, subpoena, summons, writ), aviso (admonishment, admonition, advice, alarm, announcement, annunciation, aviso, beacon, buoy, caution, circular, communication, hint, intimation, memo, notice, notification, premonitive symptoms, signal, sloop, threat, warning), advertência (admonishment, admonition, advertence, monitory, observation, reminder, remonstrance, reprimand, warning), admonição (admonishment, admonition). (various references)

Romanian		prevenire (admonishment, caveat, premonition, warning), avertisment (admonishment, caution, caveat, notice, premonition, warning). (various references)

Russian		вызов в суд (citation), наставление (edification, exhortation, precept), предостережение (admonishment, admonition, ahem, caution, caveat, premonition, warning). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		upozorenje (warning), savet (admonishment, admonition, advice, council, junta, pointer, rede, steer, tip off), opomena (admonishment, reminder, remonstrance, summons, warning). (various references)

Swedish		varning (admonish, admonition, caution, caveat, warning). (various references)

Turkish		uyarı (admonition, admonitory, advice, caution, caveat, commination, demerit, demerit mark, exhortation, injunction, lecture, notice, remark, remonstrance, tip off, warning), ikaz (awakening, caution, caveat, commination, notice, tip off, warning), ihtar (admonition, injunction, notice, remark, reprehension, tip off, warning), ihbarname (garnishment, letter of advice, notice, notification). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự cảnh cáo trước. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "monition": monitions. (additional references)
	Words ending with "monition": admonition, premonition. (additional references)
	Words containing "monition": admonitions, premonitions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Monition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dmonition, Konitron, Meibion, menadione, mination, moinian, monetgo, monten, Muhittin, muntion, omnition. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "monition" (pronounced 'Mo*ni"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "i-i-m-n-n-o-o-t"
	-2 letters: minion, motion, notion.
	-3 letters: imino, inion, niton, nomoi, onion.
	-4 letters: inti, into, mini, mint, mono, moon, moot, noon, omit, onto, toom, toon.
	-5 letters: inn, ion, mon, moo, mot, nim, nit, nom, noo, not, oot, tin, tom, ton, too.
	Words containing the letters "i-i-m-n-n-o-o-t"
	+1 letter: monitions, motioning.
	+2 letters: admonition, domination, monitoring, nomination.
	+3 letters: abomination, admonitions, ammoniation, bombination, bromination, combination, commination, comminution, dominations, information, nominations, nonminority, nonmotility, premonition.
	+4 letters: abominations, ammoniations, antieconomic, bombinations, brominations, columniation, combinations, comminations, comminutions, confirmation, demonization, denomination, hominization, inconformity, informations, intromission, monetization, monotonicity, moonlighting, onomastician, premonitions, renomination, romanization.
	+5 letters: columniations, combinational, communication, communization, confirmations, contamination, demonizations, denominations, harmonization, hominizations, impersonation, informational, inhomogeneity, interdominion, intromissions, misconception, misconnection, mitochondrion, modernisation, modernization, monetizations, monopsonistic, nondiplomatic, nonmotilities, nonuniformity, normalization, onomasticians, predomination, prenomination, randomization, recombination, renominations, romanizations, sanctimonious, solemnization, triamcinolone.
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