† commonitionn.
Chiefly in religious contexts. Obsolete. rare.
1. The action of reminding, exhorting, or warning someone.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > cautionary advice or admonition
warningc1000
monishinga1382
admonition?c1400
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advertisementc1475
monishment1483
premonishment?1548
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caveat1557
warner1565
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monitory?1567
commonefaction1576
memento1580
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heads up1977
1566 T. Becon New Postil ii. f. 80 Although Christ speaketh here only of Ierusalem, yet he willeth that his commination & commonition, that is to saye, that his threatning & warning shoulde be vnderstanded to pertayne vnto so many, as haue the worde of god, and yet heare it without fruite.
1800 G. Bennet Olam Haneshamoth viii. 160 It is..the opinion of all interpreters..that it [i.e. the Book of Revelation] is by way of commonition what shall be the future state of the soul.
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral ii. 32 He averred that he had been condemned, without citation, without commonition, without trial, etc.
2. A reminder, exhortation, or warning.
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1621 E. Heron Physicke Body & Soule 36 From the Commonition, Sinne no more: the conclusion is, That sinne is the cause of all affliction and diseases of the body.
1726 R. Burrow (title) A dissertation on the happy influences of society merely civil; In relation to the Improvement and Ornaments of the mind. With A Commonition touching more especially the revived Errors antiently ascrib'd to Epicurus, pertaining to this Subject.
1857 Catholic (Pittsburgh) 26 Oct. 242/1 Those who represent the Church and speak its consolations, its commonitions, and its condemnations, with find themselves called on to do their duty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).
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