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injunction

noun

/ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/

Meaning

A judicial order restraining a person from an action or compelling a certain act.

The court issued an injunction to stop the company from polluting the river.

grant an injunction

order, decree, mandate, ruling

permission, allowance

court injunction, temporary injunction, permanent injunction

an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends; metaphorically, a person who extor...

extreme scarcity of food; a period when food is extremely scarce

A person who robs, plunders, or violently takes things from others.

The practice of allowing something that one does not necessarily agree with.

a distinct period or stage in a process of development

the act of paying money for goods or services