Meaning & use
Enjoinment
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The act of officially ordering or instructing someone to do or not do something.
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The court's enjoinment barred the company from releasing the product until testing concluded.
Her parents' constant enjoinment to work harder eventually wore her down.
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Closely related to "injunction," "enjoinment" is the rarer noun form of the verb "enjoin" and appears mostly in formal or legal writing.
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