ENACTMENT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

enactment

noun

i-ˈnak(t)-mənt

Definition of enactment

as in act

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

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as in execution

the doing of an action the enactment of the crime is suggested but never actually shown on screen

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Recent Examples of enactment Ewan McGregor brought the house down at Edinburgh’s Central Hall las night with a once-in-a-lifetime re-enactment of his 1992 performance in Joe Orton’s play What the Butler Saw at Salisbury Playhouse. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026 The only appropriate response to the industry’s rush to build costly, polluting gas plants at the sites of data centers is a pause in development and enactment of new policy guardrails, designed in close consultation with affected communities. — John Kostyack, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 In 1956, following the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act (1956), the region was divided between Mysore state (renamed Karnataka in 1973) and Kerala. — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026 The legislative provision must include gradual and continual reductions in federal debt held by the public as a percent of GDP between the date of enactment and Fiscal 2040 with automatic enforcement mechanisms. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for enactment

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Noun

And Oklahoma’s Isaiah Sategna got in on the act with an 88-yard punt return touchdown.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Berry, who died on Monday at the age of 92, lived a life defined by acts of radical abstention.

— Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of act

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What ‘Higher-Performance Marketing’ Means Higher-performance marketing is not measured by speed of execution.

— George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
This, together with the execution of Lyanna’s father and oldest brother by Rhaegar’s father, the titular Mad King Aerys II, spurs Lyanna’s betrothed, Robert Baratheon (Callum Woodhouse), to move against Aerys.

— Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of execution

Noun

Lyft also doesn’t fingerprint its drivers unless required by law and doesn’t provide adequate background checks, the lawsuit alleged.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2026
The county, which is facing a structural deficit, has signaled a legal challenge to the new law, should Newsom sign it.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

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EuroHPC is overseeing the implementation of 19 AI Factories and 13 AI Factory Antennas across Europe, while also developing a European quantum-computing infrastructure that will integrate quantum technologies with conventional supercomputers.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Among the components in the legislation are funding for mobile crisis teams, the implementation of a suicide prevention awareness campaign and a requirement for all health insurance plans to cover crisis services.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of implementation

Noun

Many of the buildings were cavernous fulfillment centers built during the pandemic-era online-shopping boom that were sitting empty near highways, airports and other transportation hubs.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
With fulfillment time as the firm’s North Star KPI, the team combined RPA, low-code tools and agentic AI to speed up inbound and outbound logistics, giving AI real autonomy over routing decisions.

— Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfillment

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The modern federal income tax, authorized by a constitutional amendment in 1913, began with a top rate of seven per cent and was dramatically expanded to help finance the First World War.

— John Lanchester, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
That could include new signs across the entire 4,500-acre property; updated BNA Shop merchandise; shuttle bus decals, uniforms, business cards and amendments to hundreds of legal contracts, leases and other government documents.

— Molly Davis, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of amendment

Noun

What happens when the response to the horror of 9/11 becomes an arena for perpetration of further crimes, rather than the healing of wounds already inflicted?

— Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Pipkins is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in perpetration of a kidnapping.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025

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