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enactment
enactment
noun
Definition of ENACTMENT
1
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature <as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development>
Related Words command, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, edict, fiat, ruling; bylaw, ground rule, regulation, rule; amendment, legislation; common law, martial law; blue law; prohibition, proscription, restriction; canon, capitulary, encyclical
Near Antonyms higher law
2
the doing of an action <the enactment of the murder is never actually shown on screen>
Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Related Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance
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