" enjoining "

1: the act of ordering that something not be done or used;

  * e.g., " ... the enjoining of the use of all tobacco products by the director of the baseball camp "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banning,

•  barring,

•  forbidding,

•  interdicting,

•  interdiction,

•  outlawing,

•  prohibiting,

•  prohibition,

•  proscribing,

•  proscription

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority;

  * e.g., " ... police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  calling (for),

•  claiming,

•  clamoring (for),

•  commanding,

•  demanding,

•  exacting,

•  insisting (on),

•  pressing (for),

•  questing,

•  stipulating (for)

•  Antonyms : 

•  minding,

•  obeying

2: to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority;

  * e.g., " ... undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adjuring,

•  bidding,

•  bossing (around),

•  charging,

•  commanding,

•  directing,

•  instructing,

•  ordering,

•  telling

•  Antonyms : 

•  allowing,

•  letting,

•  permitting,

•  suffering

3: to order not to do or use or to be done or used;

  * e.g., " ... Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banning,

•  barring,

•  forbidding,

•  interdicting,

•  outlawing,

•  prohibiting,

•  proscribing

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority;

  * e.g., " ... police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  call (for),

•  claim,

•  clamor (for),

•  command,

•  demand,

•  exact,

•  insist (on),

•  press (for),

•  quest,

•  stipulate (for)

•  Antonyms : 

•  mind,

•  obey

2: to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority;

  * e.g., " ... undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adjure,

•  bid,

•  boss (around),

•  charge,

•  command,

•  direct,

•  instruct,

•  order,

•  tell

•  Antonyms : 

•  allow,

•  let,

•  permit,

•  suffer

3: to order not to do or use or to be done or used;

  * e.g., " ... Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ban,

•  bar,

•  forbid,

•  interdict,

•  outlaw,

•  prohibit,

•  proscribe

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)