official suggestion; official advice; official instruction
Formal term used in workplace or organizational contexts, often implying a strong recommendation to resign or take a specific action. The nuance is more authoritative than a casual suggestion.
He took responsibility for the misconduct and resigned at the company's suggestion.
上司から諭旨を受けて、進路を変えることにした。
After receiving official advice from my boss, I decided to change my career path.
Compound of 諭 (さとす, 'to admonish, persuade') and 旨 (むね, 'purport, gist'), literally 'the gist of admonishment'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern formal contexts.