戒かい告こく処しょ分ぶん

noun

disciplinary warning; formal reprimand

A formal punishment in workplace, school, or legal contexts where a written warning is issued and recorded. Often the lightest formal disciplinary action.

• 彼かれは遅ち刻こくが続つづいたため、戒かい告こく処しょ分ぶんを受うけた。

  He received a formal warning for repeated tardiness.

• 戒かい告こく処しょ分ぶんは最もっとも軽かるい懲ちょう戒かい処しょ分ぶんの一ひとつです。

  A disciplinary warning is one of the lightest disciplinary actions.