n. 25B6; noun
a breach of the rules which led to an admonition : REPRIMAND, rebuke, reproof, remonstrance, reproach, reproval, stricture, criticism, recrimination, scolding, censure; informal telling-off, dressing-down, talking-to, tongue-lashing, rap over the knuckles, slap on the wrist, flea in one's ear, earful; Brit. informal rocket, rollicking, wigging, ticking-off; formal castigation.
an admonition to proceed carefully : EXHORTATION, warning, piece of advice, recommendation, counsel.