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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret language system |
| Synonyms: | cipher, cryptograph |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative document |
| Synonyms: | amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | behavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of conducting oneself |
| Synonyms: | act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treaty, agreement |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement |
| Main Entry: | codify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | systematize |
| Synonyms: | arrange, catalogue, classify, code, collect, condense, digest, order, organize, summarize, tabulate |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, unsystematize |
| Main Entry: | constitution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | establishment |
| Synonyms: | charter, code, composition, custom, formation, lawmaking, legislation, organization, written law |
| Main Entry: | convention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, tradition |
| Synonyms: | canon, code, covenance, custom, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, habit, law, percept, precept, propriety, rule, understanding, usage |
| Antonyms: | strangeness |
| 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: | etiquette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manners, politeness |
| Synonyms: | amenities, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, deportment, dignity, form, formalities, good behavior, mores, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, propriety, protocol, rules, seemliness, social graces, suavities, usage |
| Antonyms: | bad manners |
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