injunction.

1. An order by a court requiring someone to perform or stop a specified action.

2. A strongly stated instruction directing how someone should act.

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Words that belong together

• court injunction
• injunction against publication

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The court issued an injunction preventing disclosure until the confidentiality dispute was resolved.

The injunction preserved the disputed property while the case continued.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular injunction; plural injunctions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, comparison, evaluation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.