| Main Entry: | prescript |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule |
Synonyms: |
command, decree, law, regulation, statute |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
Synonyms: |
act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
Synonyms: |
act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, declaration, decretum, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, rap, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, the riot act, the word, ukase |
| Main Entry: | edict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pronouncement, order |
Synonyms: |
act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronunciamento, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, ukase, writ |
| Main Entry: | institute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law; custom |
Synonyms: |
convention, decree, decretum, doctrine, dogma, edict, establishment, fixture, habit, maxim, ordinance, practice, precedent, precept, prescript, principle, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, statute, tenet, tradition |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of a government, society |
Synonyms: |
act, assize, behest, bidding, bylaw, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, decretum, demand, dictate, divestiture, due process, edict, enactment, equity, garnishment, injunction, institute, instruction, jurisprudence, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, reg, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ |
Antonyms: |
breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | maxim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying |
Synonyms: |
adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, belief, brocard, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, saw, tenet, theorem, truism |
| Main Entry: | ordinance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule |
Synonyms: |
authorization, canon, code, command, decree, dictum, direction, edict, enactment, fiat, mandate, order, precept, prescript, reg, regulation, ruling, statute, ukase |
| Main Entry: | precept |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule of behavior, action |
Synonyms: |
axiom, behest, bidding, byword, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, direction, doctrine, dogma, edict, formula, fundamental, guideline, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, maxim, motto, order, ordinance, prescript, principle, regulation, rule, saying, statute, tenet |
| 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 |