ENJOINING Synonyms: 174 Similar and Opposite Words

enjoining 1 of 2

noun

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

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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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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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 enjoining

Noun

The Central European country is not the slightest bit demure with its enjoining of would-be digital nomads. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 14 July 2026 The lawsuit asks the Ingham County Circuit Court to declare Kalshi's internet sports betting operation a common law nuisance and to issue a permanent injunction and order of abatement enjoining and restraining Kalshi from engaging in or advertising its internet sports betting operation in Michigan. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Mar. 2026

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Noun

SpaceX insiders were barred from selling in the public offering in June but that prohibition begins to ease on Thursday when more than 900,000 shares are released for trading, more than doubling the amount currently available for trading.

— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
There's also a curriculum framework and prohibitions on physical and emotional abuse of children.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of prohibition

Verb

Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial emergency service, said the attacker struck dozens of people who were chanting antimilitant slogans and demanding peace.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
This has not dissuaded residents from demanding action from city officials.

— Noah Daly August 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of demanding

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The initiative introduces variable speed limits on four miles of the high-crash road, instructing drivers between Franklin Road and Chinden Boulevard to slow to a 45 mph limit during peak congestion.

— Rose Evans August 5, Idaho Statesman, 5 Aug. 2026
Village officials posted to their social media accounts, instructing residents to stay away from the area around La Grange Road and 31st Street because of a transformer fire.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructing

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Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said.

— Reeti Malhotra July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026

Definition of banning

Verb

The Franklins lovingly brought structure and discipline, requiring kids to go to church and summer camps, volunteer, and participate in sports.

— Sharon Chin, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Australia and even Mexico have pension systems requiring people to set aside a meaningful percentage of their earnings into an account that compounds for retirement.

— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of requiring

Verb

The first, to determine whether Meta misled users about dangers on its platform, resulted in a March jury ordering Meta to pay $375 million in damages.

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Indecisive decorators can test the waters by ordering a larger wallpaper sample and living with it for a week.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of ordering

Verb

The castle moniker invokes brooding keeps, defensive towers and forbidding stone.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Some of them led to places that were forbidding, almost aggressively inscrutable, while others were easy enough to read but left an eight-year-old feeling that some funny business was going on behind her back.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

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