Enjoin vs Disallow - What's the difference?
enjoin | disallow | Related terms |
(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
* - Esther 9:31
* Shakespeare
(legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
* Kent
To refuse to allow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
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Enjoin is a related term of disallow.
As verbs the difference between enjoin and disallow
is that enjoin is (transitive|chiefly|literary) to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge while disallow is to refuse to allow.enjoin
English
Verb
(en verb)- To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them
- I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
- This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.
References
* * *disallow
English
Verb
(en verb)- The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
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