Monition \Mo*ni"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.]

1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

Sage monitions from his friends. --Swift.

2. Information; indication; notice; advice.

We have no visible monition of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. --Holder.

3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. --Shipley.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)