Enjoining — synonyms, definition

1. enjoining (Noun)

cease and desist order enjoinment injunction

enjoining (Noun) — (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity.

ban prohibition proscription final injunction interlocutory injunction mandatory injunction permanent injunction temporary injunction

2. enjoining (Verb)

ordering saying telling

enjoining (Verb) — Issue an injunction.

enjoining (Verb) — Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority. ex. "She enjoined him to do the shopping"

disallowing forbidding interdicting nixing prohibiting proscribing requesting vetoing calling commanding directing instructing requiring sending for warning