Admonish

 WORD OF THE DAY

admonish / verb / ad-MAH-nish

Definition
1a: to indicate duties or obligations to
1b: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner
2: to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to
3: to say (something) as advice or a warning

Examples
"This Lady Macbeth is fiercely loving and loyal, protective of her husband even (especially) in his moments of weakness, and apt to admonish him in that no-nonsense, commonsensical tone that [Frances McDormand] nails better than just about any actor."
— Justin Chang, The Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021

According to linguistics expert, Maxine Ali, the word wasn’t always used to admonish people.
— Rose Stokes, refinery29.com, 26 Dec. 2021

Did You Know?
We won't admonish you if you don't know the origins of this word—its current meanings have strayed slightly from its history.
Admonish was borrowed in the 14th century (via Anglo-French amonester) from Vulgar Latin admonestāre, which itself is probably a derivative of admonestus, the past participle of the Latin verb admonēre, meaning "to warn." 
Admonēre, in turn, was formed by the combination of the prefix ad- and monēre, "to warn."
Other descendants of monēre in English include monitor, monitory ("giving a warning"), premonition, and an archaic synonym of admonish, monish.
Incidentally, admonish has a number of other synonyms as well, including reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, and chide.