Admonish

ADMON'ISH, verb transitive [Latin admoneo, ad and moneo, to teach, warn, admonish ]

1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove with mildness.

Count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. [[2 Thessalonians 3#15|2 Thessalonians 3:15]].

2. To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise.

Admonish one another in psalms and hymns. [[Colossians 3#16|Colossians 3:16]].

3. To instruct or direct.

Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. [[Hebrews 8#5|Hebrews 8:5]].

4. In ecclesiastical affairs, to reprove a member of the church for a fault, either publicly or privately; the first step of church discipline. It is followed by of, or against; as, to admonish of a fault committed, or against committing a fault. It has a like use in colleges.