monition

Example Sentences

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The tribunal ordered a "monition", a formal warning or caution, for all the charges.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

This great big old bear of a man, you see, according to D.C. gossip Lloyd Grove, "enjoys the friendliest relations with the Washington media elite of any prospective candidate vying for the Republican monition."

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2010

One feels an eerie pre monition and vulnerability before the spectacle.

From Time Magazine Archive

You might walk early or lie late, so shirk Week-day devotions: but stay Sunday o'er, And morning church is obligatory: No mundane garb permissible, or dread The butler's privileged monition!

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

From the opposite dimness came an ominous clank of chains, made by the men at either of the two wheels, and a sudden "All aboard!" flung out in gruff tones as a stimulating monition.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar