Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enjoining
1 sense of enjoining
Sense 1
injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order -- ((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")
=> prohibition, ban, proscription -- (a decree that prohibits something)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb enjoin
2 senses of enjoin
Sense 1
enjoin -- (issue an injunction)
=> forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix -- (command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans")
Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say -- (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")
=> request -- (ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript")