CAPITULARIES Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

capitularies

noun

plural of capitulary

as in prohibitions

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higher laws

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Noun

These young people have defied prohibitions on protest, breached draconian security clampdowns, and endured detentions to relentlessly question the government’s authority.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
In 2011, former President Barack Obama signed a law removing wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species list, a change that removed federal prohibitions on killing or harassing them in that region.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of prohibitions

Noun

Following the ceremony at City Hall where the NBA champions were given keys to New York City, confetti canons showered the Knicks with paper in the team's colors.

— Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 18 June 2026
As the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, Hawke has found acting success by bestowing her charms in several high-profile projects such as Stranger Things and Inside Out 2 — or, for advanced studies, recent films in the Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson canons.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 18 May 2026

Definition of canons

Noun

Foot-and-mouth disease spreads rapidly among livestock and can force mass culling, movement restrictions, and trade disruptions.

— Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Nine senators from both parties have asked the Pentagon’s inspector general to investigate the Starlink episode, while lawmakers across the aisle have condemned the speed restrictions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of restrictions

Noun

Ed Simon on the history of papal encyclicals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
Traditionally written as letters to Catholic bishops and the wider church, encyclicals offer authoritative guidance on major moral, social, or political questions and often shape Catholic thought for generations, even influencing debates that reach far beyond the Vatican.

— Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 26 May 2026

Definition of encyclicals

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