admonition

[ ad-muh-nish-uh n ]

/ ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən /

an act of admonishing.

counsel, advice, or caution.

a gentle reproof.

a warning or reproof given by an ecclesiastical authority.

Origin of admonition

1350–1400; < Latin admonitiōn- (stem of admonitiō); see ad-, monition; replacing late Middle English amonicioun < Anglo-French < Latin; see admonish

pre·ad·mo·ni·tion, noun

admittedly, admittee, admix, admixture, admonish, admonition, admonitor, admonitory, admov., adn, adnah

His supporters hosted a men-only fundraiser with this admonition on the invitation: “Tell the misses not to wait up.”

The Republican War on Women Continues, Just More Quietly |Eleanor Clift |October 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It will be interesting to see how that admonition plays with the die-hards.

It’s Not the President’s Speech That Makes News but the Reactions to It |Michelle Cottle |January 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That Soundos survived, and with a bullet in her head, seems to many an act of God, and an admonition.

The Little Syrian Girl With a Bullet in Her Head |Gregory Beals |November 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
At first, Wilson took seriously his admonition to Americans to “be impartial in thought, as well as action.”

A Noble Failure: Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency Considered |Michael Kazin |September 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Kelly's admonition of the film through an aide‚ years after the fact, doesn't go down well.

Ray Kelly's Dalliance With The Islamophobic Fringes |Ali Gharib |July 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
From you he expects absolution and admonition in his last moments.

The Devil's Elixir |E. T. A. Hoffmann
But she was afraid to utter a word, after the admonition she had received.

Put Yourself in His Place |Charles Reade
It might be that one year's intermission of preaching and admonition would place us below the level of the heathen.

Epistle Sermons, Vol. III |Martin Luther
Whose fault will it be but your own since you would not hear Paul's admonition to walk wisely and circumspectly?

Epistle Sermons, Vol. III |Martin Luther
Some other fellow as been and kept that admonition and means to do me out of it.

Anecdotes of the Great War |Carleton Britton Case