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law
law
noun
Definition of LAW
1
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature <a record number of laws were passed in that legislative session>
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
a collection or system of rules of conduct <it's important to obey the law at all times, or else you might end up in jail>
3
the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes <a petty thief who had somehow managed to avoid the law for most of his life>
Synonyms law
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