admonish

Meaning

Verb

• To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
• To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
• To instruct or direct.

Origin

• From Middle English admonesten, admonissen, from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestrāre, from Latin admoneō ("remind, warn"), from ad + moneō. See premonition.