Consider Using Gerunds to Refer to a Kind of Provision (Or Why I Say “No-Soliciting Provision”)

OK, which do you like better:

• nonsolicitation provision
• no-soliciting provision

And here:

• nondisparagement provision
• no-disparaging provision

And here:

• noncompetition provision
• no-competing provision

Me, I like the second option in each.

The first option is a clunky abstract noun. Boo. The second is a gerund, basically a verb form acting as a noun. (More on gerunds here.) Less clunky. Yay.