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noun

Definition of enjoiningnext
as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used the enjoining of the use of all tobacco products by the director of the baseball camp

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enjoining

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verb

present participle of enjoin
1
as in demanding
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers

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2
as in instructing
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor

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3
as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoining
  1. demanding
  2. instructing
  3. prohibiting
  4. prohibition
  5. requiring
  6. forbidding
  7. requesting
  8. telling
Verb
  • Jodie Turner-Smith is demanding that her estranged husband Joshua Jackson pay her child and spousal support in their ongoing divorce.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Allies have won the war, by Eisenhower’s demanding standard of success.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • Lamont Westmoreland said the scam appears to work by sending recipients a text message saying the ticket needs to be addressed to avoid a late fee and instructing them to click a link.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The report includes WhatsApp messages that appear to show Sara Netanyahu instructing a former aide to organize protests against political opponents and to intimidate Hadas Klein, a key witness in her husband's corruption trial.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • Smith, who is now winding down both his cases against the president-elect due to a longstanding Department of Justice policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president, has not provided any details about the contents of his report.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That has prompted states including Colorado, New York and California to enact legislation prohibiting medical debt from being included on residents' credit reports or factored into their credit scores.
    Noam Levey, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prohibiting
Noun
  • For example, Goldwater Institute's claim that the increase in the bed tax constitutes an unconstitutional tax on a service misconstrues the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on tax increases for services.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on Holocaust denials, Blackface, insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prohibition
Verb
  • California's Regulatory Actions California revised its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets, now requiring that 60% of electricity be generated from renewable sources by 2030, as a step towards its 2045 goal of 100% clean energy.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In Florida, Our Children’s Trust brought its latest case because there still are provisions in the law requiring state agencies to prioritize renewable energy, Rodgers said.
    Amy Green, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of requiring
Verb
  • The future, in itself, exerts an attractive force—not just the general future, with its bland procession of potential events, but the futuristic future, with its alluring, fascinating, and forbidding narrative turns.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Republicans have added a rider to the must-pass defense authorization bill, forbidding such care for minors.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of forbidding
Verb
  • The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is requesting help finding the relatives of a man who died this week.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Now, Snoop says that The Chronic creator has fully embraced the revival of Death Row Records, even going as far as personally requesting his own official Death Row jacket.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • Before the memoir was published, Sheila was talking with her editor, Douglas Gibson, who was Alice’s Canadian editor and publisher, and surprised herself by telling him about Andrea and Gerry.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Imagine someone telling you then that Liverpool would return 15 months later with Klopp gone and having failed to strengthen the squad.
    James Pearce, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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