cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)(Freq. 1) - 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 • Syn: admonition, monition, warning • Derivationally related forms: warn (for: warning), monish (for: monition), admonish (for: admonition) • Hypernyms: advice • Hyponyms: example, deterrent example, lesson, object lesson