EDICT Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

edict

noun

ˈē-ˌdikt

Definition of edict

as in decree

an order publicly issued by an authority the school board's edict put a new student dress code into effect

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as in instruction

a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned this household's edict of long standing: no television until all homework has been completed

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Recent Examples of edict Countless speakers left the Pale of Settlement – the territory in Eastern Europe where Jews had been granted permission to live under an edict of the Russian czars. — Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 The president’s orders and edicts have no basis in reality, are nonsensical and are making our nation significantly less safe. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Imagine if an edict came down from above tomorrow that says college athletes must be treated as full-time W-2 employees. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Those who oppose the Mexican Mafia, or fail to follow the edicts of the gang’s leaders, are often targeted for beatings or even death. — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for edict

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Noun

The decree was group portraits only — none of Holmes alone — with a very specific handful of people who were participating in the shoot.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree on Thursday increasing benefits of his flagship welfare program by 15%, weeks before the first round of the presidential elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of decree

Noun

Orders can be equivocal, statements ambiguous, instructions murky.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Studies have used everything from intensive classroom instruction to short daily sessions with language-learning apps, over periods ranging from weeks to months, to see whether language learning can improve cognitive function.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of instruction

Noun

DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek took her legal fight over how her office is run to a panel of three appellate court justices this week, asking them to overturn earlier rulings made by a county judge on billing and bidding procedures.

— Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The ruling was widely seen by progressives as subjugating the role of the individual in the election process to that of the corporation.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruling

Noun

Anthropic has already experienced such treatment, getting blacklisted by the Department of Defense earlier this year, and then in June being ordered by the government to disable access to two models to comply with an export control directive.

— Lora Kolodny,Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Following the unveiling of the already impressive prototype in 2017, the storied CEO is said to have given Tesla engineers a directive that the car had to be able to fly, delaying its production by years.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of directive

Noun

The order applies in the Central District of California, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Separately, the administration deported an Afghan man to the Central African Republic despite a prior judicial protection order over fears his family could face Taliban retaliation.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of order

Noun

Dycus appeared to have had the Winter Springs program headed in the right direction after a difficult start.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Khaled Abdul Malek, who testified about being detained and tortured under Alsheikh’s direction, praised the sentence in a statement.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of direction

Noun

The injunction shields members who use pronouns or names assigned at birth when referring to transgender people.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Kalshi sued the state and sought an injunction preventing New Jersey from enforcing its gambling laws against the company.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of injunction

Noun

The first commandment of my Grove tent is that the chicken shall be Popeye’s (dark meat, no tenders), for all the obvious reasons.

— Wright Thompson, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2026
Here’s how von Neumann’s first commandment of quantum physics came to be, and how to understand it.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of commandment

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