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>

Synonyms act, bill, constitution, enactment, ordinance, statute

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