Admonition vs. Reprimand — What's the Difference?

Admonition (or "being admonished") is the lightest punishment under Scots law. It occurs when an offender who has been found guilty or who has pleaded guilty, is not given a fine, but instead receives a lesser penalty in the form of a verbal warning (admonished), due to a minor infringement of the law; the conviction is still recorded.

A reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof. Reprimanding takes in different forms in different legal systems.

Cautionary advice or warning

To reprove (someone) severely, especially in a formal or official way.

Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof.

A severe, formal, or official rebuke or censure.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

To reprove in a formal or official way.

Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)

Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

A firm rebuke

To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

An act or expression of criticism and censure;

Rebuke formally

Censure severely or angrily;