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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mo·ni·tion /moˈnɪʃən, mə-/
 忠告,訓誡,警告

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mo·ni·tion n.
 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 monition
      n 1: a firm rebuke [syn: admonition, admonishment]
      2: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially
         imminent danger) [syn: admonition, warning, word of
         advice]
      3: a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim
         directing all parties concerned to show cause why the
         judgment asked for should not be granted [syn: process of
         monition]