injunction

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ UK /ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a court order requiring or forbidding an action; an authoritative command

The judge issued an injunction halting the demolition.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a court order requiring or... order command directive decree mandate prohibition

Opposites

permission

Word family

Derived forms injunctive

Related forms enjoin join junction conjunction

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Phrases (1)

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mandatory injunction
a court order requiring someone to carry out a specified action

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Late Latin iniunctio(n-), from Latin iniungere ('to enjoin, impose'), from in- ('on') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeug- ('to join').

in- Latin iungere Latin *yeug- Proto-Indo-European

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# injunction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/

## Meanings
1. a court order requiring or forbidding an action; an authoritative command

## Examples
- The judge issued an injunction halting the demolition.

## Synonyms
- order
- command
- directive
- decree
- mandate
- prohibition

## Antonyms
- permission

## Derived Forms
- injunctive

## Related Forms
- enjoin
- join
- junction
- conjunction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: in-
- Root: iungere
- Root: *yeug-

## Etymology
From Late Latin iniunctio(n-), from Latin iniungere ('to enjoin, impose'), from in- ('on') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeug- ('to join').

## AI Etymology
Injunction comes from Late Latin iniunctio(n-), from Latin iniungere ('to enjoin, impose'), from in- ('on') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeug- ('to join'). The etymological trail includes Latin in-, Latin iungere, and Proto-Indo-European *yeug-. As a noun, injunction means a court order requiring or forbidding an action; an authoritative command. The same family is visible in derived forms such as injunctive and related forms such as enjoin, join, junction, and conjunction. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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