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enjoinder

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en⋅join⋅der

  [en-join-der]
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–noun
1. a prohibition by injunction.
2. an emphatic directive or order.
Origin:
1890–95; from enjoin, after rejoinder
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en·join·der   (ěn-join'dər)   
n.  An authoritative request or injunction: an enjoinder not to swim when the lifeguard was off duty.

[From enjoin (modeled on rejoinder).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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