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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
monition is a noun meaning "a firm rebuke". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a firm rebuke
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”
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
law
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for monition come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.