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| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of a government, society |
| Synonyms: | act, assize, behest, bidding, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, demand, dictate, edict, enactment, equity, injunction, institute, instruction, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ, bylaw, decretum, divestiture, due process, garnishment, jurisprudence, reg |
| Antonyms: | breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, principle of behavior |
| Synonyms: | assumption, axiom, base, canon, cause, criterion, exigency, formula, foundation, fundamental, ground, guide, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, proposal, proposition, reason, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage, generalization, principium |
| Antonyms: | transgression, violation |
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| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
accountable, administrative, admissible, amerceable, ancillary, appellate, arcifinious, at the bar, bastard, capax, causidical, chartered, collateral, condemned, consensual, constitutional, coram judice, curule, darrein, disentitled, disfranchised, executive, foraneous, forensic, guilty, heteronomic, inquisitorial, intestate, judicatory, judicial, judiciary, jural, juramental, juridical, justiciable
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| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | axiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principle |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth |
| Antonyms: | absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
| Main Entry: | criterion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, gauge for judgment |
| Synonyms: | archetype, basis, benchmark, canon, example, exemplar, fact, foundation, law, measure, model, norm, opinion, original, paradigm, pattern, precedent, principle, proof, prototype, rule, scale, standard, touchstone, yardstick, point of comparison |
| Antonyms: | change, conjecture, fancy, guess, possibility, probability |
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
| Synonyms: | act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, charging, decretum, promulgation, the riot act, the word, ukase |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command; rule |
| Synonyms: | behest, bidding, code, decree, dictum, direction, edict, fiat, injunction, law, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, principle, requirement, statute, ultimatum, word |
| Antonyms: | request |
| Main Entry: | edict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pronouncement, order |
| Synonyms: | act, canon, command, commandment, decree, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, writ, decretum, pronunciamento, ukase |
| Notes: | an edict is a formal or authoritative proclamation; an addict is someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or someone who is a devoted supporter or fan |
| Main Entry: | fundamental |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basic, essential part |
| Synonyms: | axiom, basis, bottom line*, brass tacks*, component, constituent, cornerstone, element, factor, foundation, guts*, heart, law, nitty-gritty*, principle, rock bottom*, rule, theorem, ABCs, coal and ice, principium, rudiment, sine qua non |
| Antonyms: | addition, auxiliary, extra, subordinate, trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | generality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vague notion |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, law, observation, principle, abstract principle, generalization, half-truth, loose statement, sweeping statement, universality |
| Antonyms: | detail, specific, specificity |
| Main Entry: | government |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management, administration |
| Synonyms: | Uncle Sam*, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, politics, power, predominance, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, union, Washington, governance, political practice, polity, powers-that-be, presidency, statecraft, superintendence, the feds |
| Antonyms: | anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maxim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, belief, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, tenet, theorem, truism, apophthegm, brocard, saw |
| Main Entry: | oracle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prophecy |
| Synonyms: | answer, apocalypse, augury, canon, commandment, divination, edict, fortune, law, prediction, revelation, vision, prognostication |
| Main Entry: | police/police officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, people hired to uphold the laws |
| Synonyms: | badge*, bear*, blue*, cop*, corps*, detective, force, heat*, law, law enforcement, patrol, arm of the law, beat cop, black and white, bluecoat, bobby, constable, constabulary, copper*, fed, flatfoot, gendarme, narc |
| Antonyms: | criminal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precept |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule of behavior, action |
| Synonyms: | axiom, behest, bidding, byword, canon, command, commandment, decree, direction, doctrine, dogma, edict, formula, fundamental, guideline, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, maxim, motto, order, ordinance, prescript, principle, regulation, rule, saying, statute, tenet, decretum |
| Main Entry: | prescription |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formula, medicine |
| Synonyms: | decree, direction, drug, edict, instruction, law, mixture, ordinance, preparation, prescript, recipe, regulation, remedy, rule |
| Main Entry: | ruling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, decree |
| Synonyms: | adjudication, decision, directive, edict, finding, law, order, precept, pronouncement, resolution, rule, verdict, ukase |
| Antonyms: | plea |
| Main Entry: | taboo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something not allowed, permitted |
| Synonyms: | anathema, ban, disapproval, don't, forbiddance, inhibition, interdict, law, limitation, no-no, prohibition, proscription, regulation, religious convention, reservation, restraint, restriction, sanction, social convention, stricture, superstition, thou-shalt-not |
| Antonyms: | allowance, mentionable |
| Main Entry: | theorem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation based on hypothesis and experiments |
| Synonyms: | assumption, axiom, belief, deduction, dictum, doctrine, formula, fundamental, law, postulate, principle, proposition, rule, statement, theory, thesis, principium |
| Antonyms: | fact, proof |
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