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Enjoinment

Direction; command; authoritative admonition.

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Ban 76% connected

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prohibition 76% connected

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Proscription 76% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

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Enjoin 74% connected

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enjoin 74% connected

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enjoining 92% connected

of Enjoin

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Injunction 92% connected

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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