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enactment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of enactment

act, bill, constitution, law, ordinance, statute
Words Related to enactment

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 of enactment

higher law

2 the doing of an action

  • the enactment of the crime is suggested but never actually shown on screen
Synonyms of enactment

accomplishment, achievement, commission, discharge, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Words Related to enactment

dispatch, expedition

administration, direction, handling, management

application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms of enactment

nonfulfillment, nonperformance

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