Monition

/məˈnɪʃn̩/ · noun

Meaning

A caution or warning..

Definitions by Sense

1. A caution or warning.
2. A legal notification of something.
3. A sign of impending danger; an omen.

Example Sentences

For if the ſoul of man vvere emancipated by virtue, it vvould not need any regulation or monition, beſides that of its invvard Tribunal; vvhich becauſe ſin does uſurp upon, has ſome relief from thoſe extern adjuments.

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.

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.

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

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