ENACTMENTS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

enactments

noun

plural of enactment

as in laws

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

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higher laws

as in executions

the doing of an action the enactment of the crime is suggested but never actually shown on screen

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Recent Examples of enactments Instead, in order to protect their identities, their words are read aloud during re-enactments by powerhouse actresses such as Emma Thompson (who squeezes herself beneath an axle) and Kate Dickie (performing, as the nurse, on all fours on Kenmure Street itself). —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026 Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s film uses drone footage and re-enactments to tell the story of eight passengers dangling from a cable car over a ravine after a wire snaps. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026 History sprang to life at Old Poway Park with historical re-enactments at the Rendezvous in Poway event. —

Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025 On Sunday, the island will host multiple live re-enactments to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. —

Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025 The Constitution expressly requires states to recognize the judicial enactments of other states' courts, and New York, unsurprisingly, is choosing to ignore that constitutional requirement. —

Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 These enactments survived because the Supreme Court did not extend the First Amendment to the states until 1940. —

Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025 All in all, a looming spread of these laws, including potentially having federal enactments too, puts AI makers in potential trouble and will inexorably squash the use of AI as a mental health tool. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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Tim Roberts, president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, said the case highlights the problems with creating retrospective laws – in this case, one to protect children who are being grilled by police.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
The law eliminated two decades-old laws − the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) − that reduced Social Security benefits for a portion of retirees who received pension income.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026