Synonyms for injunction
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Noun
order, command, imposition, exhortation, man date informal, precept, charge, charre UK, bidding, caution, behest, dictate, enjoinder, decree, enjoinment dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
Forms
- Plural
- injunctions → orders, commands, impositions, exhortations…
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Prohibition is wholly negative; it is a command not to do; injunction is now oftenest so used, especially as the requirement by legal authority that certain action be suspended or refrained from, pending final legal decision.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- imposition Is to reason and to be mistaken, an imposition?
- exhortation What, then, is the exhortation I give you? I urge you to be saved.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| injunction | falling | |
| imposition | falling | |
| exhortation | steady | |
| enjoinder | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- order2
- 6 letters
- charge1, decree2, behest2, charre
- 7 letters
- command2, caution2, bidding2, dictate2, precept2
- 9 letters
- enjoinder
- 10 letters
- imposition4, enjoinment
- 11 letters
- exhortation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- injonction