Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Animadversion

Animadversion ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Latin animadversio, from animadvertere: compare French animadversion. See Animadvert.]

1.
The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [Obsolete]
The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. — Glanvill
2.
Monition; warning. [Obsolete] — Clarendon
3.
Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. — Clarendon
4.
Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic]
Divine animadversions. — Wesley