Synonyms of enjoining

Noun


1. injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order, prohibition, ban, proscription

usage: (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

Verb


1. enjoin, forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix

usage: issue an injunction

2. order, tell, enjoin, say, request

usage: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

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