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enjoin

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of enjoin

1 to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

police enjoined the communityʼs full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers

Synonyms of enjoin

call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, demand, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, stipulate (for)

Words Related to enjoin

ask, plead (for), request, want

cry (for), necessitate, need, require, take, warrant

badger, dun, harass, hound

Near Antonyms of enjoin

give up, relinquish, surrender, yield

2 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

Synonyms of enjoin

adjure, bid, boss (around), charge, command, direct, instruct, order, tell

Words Related to enjoin

ask, petition, request

beg, beseech, entreat

advise, counsel, warn

appoint, assign, authorize, commission

oversee, superintend, supervise

conduct, control, lead, manage

coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige, require

Near Antonyms of enjoin

comply (with), follow, keep, observe

Antonyms of enjoin

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

Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life

Synonyms of enjoin

ban, bar, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe

Words Related to enjoin

deter, discourage, dissuade

clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, snuff (out), squash, squelch, subdue, suppress

halt, preclude, prevent, stop

embargo, exclude, rule out, shut out

debar, deprive, disallow, reject, repudiate, veto

bridle, check, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain

block, hinder, impede, obstruct

Near Antonyms of enjoin

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

authorize, license (also licence), warrant

abet, advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, further, nourish, nurture, promote, support

bid, command, order

abide, bear, brook, countenance, endure, tolerate

Antonyms of enjoin

allow, let, permit, suffer

Synonym Discussion of enjoin

command, order, bid, enjoin, direct, instruct, charge mean to issue orders. command and order imply authority and usually some degree of formality and impersonality. command stresses official exercise of authority.

- a general commanding troops

order may suggest peremptory or arbitrary exercise.

- ordered his employees about like slaves

bid suggests giving orders peremptorily (as to children or servants).

- she bade him be seated

enjoin implies giving an order or direction authoritatively and urgently and often with admonition or solicitude.

- a sign enjoining patrons to be quiet

direct and instruct both connote expectation of obedience and usually concern specific points of procedure or method, instruct sometimes implying greater explicitness or formality.

- directed her assistant to hold all calls
- the judge instructed the jury to ignore the remark

charge adds to enjoin an implication of imposing as a duty or responsibility.

- charged by the President with a secret mission

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