Associations to the word «Admonition»

Wiktionary

ADMONITION, noun. Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.

Dictionary definition

ADMONITION, noun. Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches".
ADMONITION, noun. A firm rebuke.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats