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Definition of monition in English: monitionnoun məˈnɪʃ(ə)nməˈnɪʃən rare 1A warning of impending danger. Example sentencesExamples - Our monitions usually prompt the illiberal intelligentsia to chortle and chide about the Trib's seemingly amazing ability to find a Karl Marx devotee lurking virtually everywhere.
- Any political operative who would consider attempting a backstabing operation needs to have a certain six-word monition whispered in their ear.
- For all of his insights into our geopolitical situation and his monitions about the perilous path we're on, when one reads the two books in tandem, the effect is one of moral numbness.
Synonyms warning, caution, admonition, red flag, alarm bells - 1.1 A formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court admonishing a person not to do something specified.
Synonyms order, ruling, direction, directive, command, instruction, demand
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin monitio(n-), from monere 'warn'. Rhymes academician, addition, aesthetician (US esthetician), ambition, audition, beautician, clinician, coition, cosmetician, diagnostician, dialectician, dietitian, Domitian, edition, electrician, emission, fission, fruition, Hermitian, ignition, linguistician, logician, magician, mathematician, Mauritian, mechanician, metaphysician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, obstetrician, omission, optician, paediatrician (US pediatrician), patrician, petition, Phoenician, physician, politician, position, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, Titian, tuition, volition Definition of monition in US English: monitionnounməˈnɪʃənməˈniSHən rare 1A warning of impending danger. Example sentencesExamples - Any political operative who would consider attempting a backstabing operation needs to have a certain six-word monition whispered in their ear.
- Our monitions usually prompt the illiberal intelligentsia to chortle and chide about the Trib's seemingly amazing ability to find a Karl Marx devotee lurking virtually everywhere.
- For all of his insights into our geopolitical situation and his monitions about the perilous path we're on, when one reads the two books in tandem, the effect is one of moral numbness.
Synonyms warning, caution, admonition, red flag, alarm bells - 1.1 A formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court admonishing a person not to do something specified.
Synonyms order, ruling, direction, directive, command, instruction, demand
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin monitio(n-), from monere ‘warn’. |