Synonyms of enactments

enactments

noun

plural of enactment

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laws
• acts
• ordinances
• amendments
• bills
• statutes
• prohibitions
• constitutions
• legislations
• regulations
• edicts
• decrees
• rulings
• directives
• rules
• commandments
• bylaws
• dictates
• ground rules
• fiats
• common law
• restrictions
• proscriptions
• commands
• capitularies
• canons
• blue laws
• encyclicals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• higher laws

2

as in executions

the doing of an action

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• executions
• implementations
• perpetrations
• fulfillments
• accomplishments
• performances
• prosecutions
• achievements
• discharges
• commissions
• applications
• administrations
• pursuances
• expeditions
• managements
• handlings
• dispatches
• practices
• directions
• operations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonperformances
• nonfulfillments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enactments

Through her film that moves fluidly between re-enactments and verite documentary styles, Duong crafts an emotionally-wrenching story of family division that leads to peace and healing for a father who left behind siblings in Vietnam. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Featuring interviews from a wide range of people across the ideological spectrum, as well as top-tier acting talent for historical re-enactments, this is a prestige series that's worth checking out. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026

The day brings indigenous Andean music, colorful traditional attire and historical re-enactments of Inca ceremonies. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026

Barbie Ferreira stars as a young woman working as a content moderator for a TikTok-like video platform, discovers what appears to be re-enactments of murders from the original film. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2026

Volkspele were historical cosplay events for preteens, musical re-enactments of the Great Trek — the 19th-century migration of Afrikaner settlers away from British rule, heading inland in ox-wagons, that has been mythologized through tales of women and children crossing the Drakensberg barefoot. — Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026

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