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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
  • With Americans still exhibiting high rates of obesity, added sugars under the microscope, and consumers demanding better-for-you foods and beverages, healthier LNCS are poised for strong growth.
    Hank Cardello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Outside, protesters surrounded the courtroom, many demanding a deal to release the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and an end to the war.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • They are suspected of instructing police officers to block lawmakers at the National Assembly who were there to reverse the martial law decree.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • On March 22 a local Philadelphia newspaper printed a notice from Secretary of War James McHenry instructing the Pennsylvania militia to assemble.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland implemented new policies prohibiting prosecutors from secretly seizing reporters' records, except under extraordinary circumstances.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The legislation also weakens the authority of the governor to fill vacancies on the state court of appeals and the state Supreme Court, while prohibiting the attorney general from taking legal positions contrary to the Legislature’s.
    Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of prohibiting
Noun
  • Both countries recently announced prohibitions on exports of those materials to one another.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Illinois passed its legacy admission prohibition in August, following Maryland, which enacted a legacy admission ban in April that applies to both public and private colleges.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of prohibition
Verb
  • Equally, what was once culturally relevant can become tired and dated, requiring reinvention (see Old Spice).
    Tripp Westbrook, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This would mean that the transition from unicellular to multicellular life was not a leap requiring entirely new genes but rather an evolutionary refinement of existing genetic mechanisms.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of requiring
Verb
  • The regime has tortured tens of thousands of people in brutal prisons, keeping them in the dark, forbidding them any contact with the outside world.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Kennedy has been a vocal advocate for raw milk, and has criticized FDA policy forbidding interstate sales of the product.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of forbidding
Verb
  • When requesting feedback, good collaborators err on the side of specificity.
    Shani Harmon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Over the first two days of deliberations, jurors sent several notes to the court requesting to review video evidence and rehear parts of the jury instructions and testimony during the trial.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • In addition, the user might have stated that physics is altered, maybe telling the AI to pretend that the action is occurring on the Moon or Mars.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Some experts fear that climate change will make extreme weather patterns worse, with a series of researchers and scientists telling Newsweek their grim predictions.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of telling
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