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'''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 (penalty)|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. It is usually the result of either the strict application of law where no real wrong has been caused or where other circumstances (e.g. being [[Detention (imprisonment)|detained]], attending [[court]]) make further punishment unjust in the circumstances specific to the case involved.
This disposition is comparable to an [[Conditional discharge|absolute discharge]] in jurisdictions where an absolute discharge involves the recording of a conviction (''i.e.'', where the "discharge" is from punishment only) but stands in contrast to an absolute discharge in jurisdictions in which an absolute discharge does not involve the recording of a conviction as is the case in Scotland under summary procedure (''i.e.'', where the "discharge" is from conviction as well)
Currently, admonition holds a 5-year disclosure period due to absence of mention in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and thus being classified as an "other" offence.
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