BEHEST Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

behest

noun

bi-ˈhest

Definition of behest next

as in edict

a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned I only made the change at the author's behest

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Recent Examples of behest Notably in 2011, the first deployment of the GCC’s Peninsula Shield Force to Bahrain, with Saudi and UAE forces entering the kingdom at the behest of the government, seemed to go off without a hitch. —

Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026 Doherty began working at Reason in 1994, according to the publication’s obituary, left the company and returned in 2000 at the behest of Nick Gillespie, then editor in chief. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 Judge Michael Kalil informed her that the state had filed an emergency petition at the hospital’s behest — not out of concern for Doyley, per se, but in the interest of her unborn child. —

CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026 Dialogue tells us that Barb and John have come to put a memorial on their father’s grave at their behest of their mother, who lives in Pittsburgh. —

Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for behest

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Also, an edict was issued directing people to use the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth, Brinkmeyer said.

— Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
In 2003, as the United States invaded Iraq over false claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, Khamenei issued a religious edict — a fatwa — declaring nuclear weapons to be forbidden under Islam.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026