enjoin
Order with authority
Enjoin means to urge, instruct, or command with authority: The judge enjoined the jury to disregard the testimony.
Parents enjoin children to behave; religions enjoin followers to observe certain practices.
In legal contexts, enjoin takes on an opposite-seeming meaning: to prohibit by court order.
A judge may enjoin a company from polluting, meaning forbid it.
Context usually clarifies whether enjoin means "command to do" or "command not to do."
Methodical arrangement or request
- directUndeviating or to guide
- instructConvey knowledge or orders
- chargeCost or accusation
- prescribeOfficially recommend treatment
decree · mandate · dictate · require · demand · bid · compel · oblige
Urge earnestly
- urgeStrong inner drive
- adviseGive counsel to
- counselExpert guidance offered
- admonishReprove with counsel
implore · beseech · entreat · press · encourage · prompt · recommend · advocate
Declare not allowed
- banOfficial restriction on something
- barDrinking establishment
- proscribeOfficially forbid something
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
prevent · disallow · veto · outlaw · block · stop · halt · suppress
Court-enforced avoidance mandate
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- cease and desistLegal order to stop
- temporary restraining orderEmergency court-issued protection mandate
- judicial orderLegally binding court directive
order
Methodical arrangement or request
prescribe · decree · mandate · dictate · require · demand · bid · compel · oblige · impose
exhort
Urge earnestly
admonish · implore · beseech · entreat · press · encourage · prompt · recommend · advocate · caution
forbid
Declare not allowed
restrain · prevent · disallow · veto · outlaw · block · stop · halt · suppress · interdict
restraining order
Court-enforced avoidance mandate
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- cease and desistLegal order to stop
- temporary restraining orderEmergency court-issued protection mandate
litigation
Legal dispute process
compliance · enforcement · violation · sanction · remedy · relief · hearing · appeal · contempt · judicial