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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, canon, conviction, credenda, credo, creed, doctrine, gospel, opinion, persuasion, precept, rule, teachings, tenet, view |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, doubt, indecision, unbelief, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | faith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in a higher being; community of believers |
| Synonyms: | canon, church, communion, confession, connection, conviction, credo, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, dogma, doxy, gospel, orthodoxy, persuasion, piety, piousness, principle, profession, religion, revelation, sect, teaching, tenet, theism, theology, worship |
| Antonyms: | agnosticism, denial, doubt, rejection, skepticism, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accepted procedure; ceremony |
| Synonyms: | behavior, by the book, by the numbers, canon, ceremonial, channels, conduct, convenance, convention, custom, decorum, done thing, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, law, layout, manner, manners, method, mode, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, ropes, rule, setup, style, usage, way |
| Main Entry: | formula |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set preparation; rule, recipe |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, canon, code, credo, creed, custom, description, direction, equation, form, formulary, maxim, method, modus operandi, precept, prescription, principle, procedure, rite, ritual, rote, rubric, specifications, theorem, way |
| 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: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, principle of behavior |
| Synonyms: | assumption, axiom, base, canon, cause, criterion, exigency, formula, foundation, fundamental, generalization, ground, guide, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, principium, proposal, proposition, reason, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage |
| Antonyms: | transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record, tabulation |
| Synonyms: | account, agenda, archive, arrangement, ballot, bill, brief, bulletin, calendar, canon, catalog, catalogue, census, checklist, contents, dictionary, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, file, gazette, index, inventory, invoice, lexicon, lineup, listing, loop, manifest, memorandum, menu, outline, panel, poll, program, prospectus, register, roll, roll call, row, schedule, screed, scroll, series, slate, statistics, syllabus, table, tally, thesaurus, ticket, timetable, vocabulary |
| 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: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, rule |
| Synonyms: | benchmark*, canon, criterion, example, gauge, meter, method, model, norm, pattern, scale, system, test, touchstone, trial, type, yardstick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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