"enjoining" in the noun 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"

"enjoining" in the verb sense

1. enjoin

issue an injunction

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"

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