Definitions for monition

monition mo·ni·tion

Spelling: [muh-nish-uh n, moh-]
IPA: /məˈnɪʃ ən, moʊ-/

Monition is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in monition (iimnnoot).

Definitions for monition

noun

  1. Literary. admonition or warning.
  2. an official or legal notice.
  3. Law. a court order to a person, especially one requiring an appearance and answer. Compare subpoena.
  4. a formal notice from a bishop requiring the amendment of an ecclesiastical offense.

Origin of monition

1350-1400; Middle English monicio(u)n Latin monitiōn- (stem of monitiō) warning, equivalent to monit(us) (past participle of monēre to advise, warn) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for monition

Thrice the monition was given, as required, and given without effect.

Such a commandment, then and there, was that monition about Jenkins's Ear.

And she gave me a meaning sign—half a wink, half a monition.

His wife heaved a deep sigh of apprehension, of renunciation, of monition.

It is at once a memorial and a monition to those that dwell beneath it.

But when the trial of his temper came he turned a deaf ear to every monition.

She kept silence, with a look of superiority to all monition.

He had already warned him, but his monition had not been respected.

And now by what method ascertain the monition of the gods in regard to our affairs?

Whichever way he turned there was some monition of its presence.

Word Value for monition
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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