admonition

The finished Latin I admonish arrived in Castilian as admonition. It is a synonym for admonition: the act and consequence of admonishing (scolding, lecturing, punishing or warning).

For example: "The admonition of the International Monetary Fund to the new government of the European country was immediate", “The manager promised that he would account the admonition of the auditor ", "The admonitions of Pope Francis should not be ignored".

At a general level, an admonition is usually a review, a warning or one rebuke that is pronounced in order to correct a conduct or to ensure that a certain fault does not occur again. These reprimands can be carried out in different ways depending on the context.

Take the case of a small business. When an employee is late twice in a row, the human resources manager gives him a verbal admonition, advising the worker that if his tardiness is repeated, he will be punished with a suspension. Thus, the person You already know that if you continue to act in this irresponsible way, your stay with the company will be at risk.

This type of admonition can also be found in the student environment, since the first years of training are nothing more than a preparation for adult life, where we are governed by the structures and we no longer have that supposed freedom that so many smiles draw us in childhood.

Respect for schedules, completion of homework, passing an exam, paying attention to the teachers' words, and discipline In dealing with others are some of the key points of coexistence at school, and failure to comply with any of them can lead to an admonition.

A journalist specialized in economic affairs can refer to the admonition of the markets to a certain government. This occurs when the president of a country threatens to carry out several nationalizations and the response of the financial markets is to propitiate the fall in the value of the shares originating in the nation in question. This devaluation of the shares is considered by the expert as an admonition: if the government finally carries out the nationalizations, the country will face financial problems.

In the realm of religion, the term admonition can be used as a synonym for monition, which in this case is defined as an admonition or notice that the ecclesiastical authority carries out on an official basis. A very common example occurs when two people are about to be married: the authorities of the church in which the union will be celebrated issues a public admonition that if someone knows of any reason why the marriage should not take place, do the relevant complaint.

On the other hand, throughout the celebration of the mass, it is possible to use this word to recognize certain points of the structure, such as the entry, where the priest greets the parishioners and comments on the main objectives of the meeting, as well as any event that has taken place in recent days and that he wishes to propose for reflection; After this admonition (or warning), everyone should stand up to receive the ministers, usually singing a song.

Later, it is time for the Bible readings, and there it must also be pronounced an admonition to prepare those present about the topics to be discussed, of the teachings that the text will try to convey. As can be seen, in this context, the term admonition does not refer to a reprimand, but rather to a ad importantly, to the action of pointing out something for others to pay special attention to.