Both Uses of
injunction
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Mrs. Jennings, though forced, on examination, to acknowledge a temporary revival, tried to keep her young friend from indulging a thought of its continuance;— and Elinor, conning over every injunction of distrust, told herself likewise not to hope.†
Chpt 43 *
- Elinor would not attempt to disturb a solitude so reasonable as what she now sought; and with a mind anxiously pre-arranging its result, and a resolution of reviving the subject again, should Marianne fail to do it, she turned into the parlour to fulfill her parting injunction.†
Chpt 46
Definition:
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(injunction) a command from the court -- usually to prohibit someone from doing or continuing to do something