monition

noun

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman monicion, Middle French monicion, and their source, Latin monitiō (“warning, admonition”).

1. A caution or warning.

   “For if the ſoul of man vvere emancipated by virtue, it vvould not need any regulation or monition, beſides that of its invvard Tribunal; vvhich becauſe ſin does uſurp upon, has ſome relief from thoſe extern adjuments.”

   “I heard something of it, however, and, young as I was, could not help wondering how men who carried the worst passions of life into their retreat, could imagine that retreat was a refuge from the erosions of their evil tempers, the monitions of conscience, and the accusations of God.”

2. A legal notification of something.
3. A sign of impending danger; an omen.

   “I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me.”