Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun injunction

2 senses of injunction

Sense 1
injunction -- (a formal command or admonition)
       => command, bid, bidding, dictation -- (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)

Sense 2
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)