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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | proclamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advertisement, announcement |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, declaration, decree, edict, manifesto, notice, notification, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, publication |
| Antonyms: | secret |
| Main Entry: | promulgate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, annunciate, broadcast, call, circulate, communicate, declare, decree, disseminate, drum, issue, make public, notify, pass the word, proclaim, promote, publish, sound, spread, toot, trumpet |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | pronounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce, declare |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, blast, call, decree, deliver, drum, judge, mouth, proclaim, say, sound off, spread around, trumpet, verbalize |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | pronouncement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, statement |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, announcement, broadcast, decree, dictum, edict, judgment, manifesto, notification, proclamation, promulgation, pronunciamento, publication, report, ukase |
| Antonyms: | concealment |
| Main Entry: | regulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule, requirement |
| Synonyms: | bible, book, canon, chapter and verse, code, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, direction, edict, law, no-nos, numbers, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, principle, procedure, reg, standing order, statute |
| Antonyms: | lawlessness |
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up one's mind; find solution |
| Synonyms: | agree, analyze, anatomize, answer, break, break down, choose, clear up, clinch, conclude, deal with, decide, decipher, decree, design, determine, dissect, dissolve, elect, elucidate, fathom, figure, fix, intend, iron out, lick, make a point of, pan out, pass upon, propose, purpose, puzzle out, remain firm, rule, settle, solve, take a stand, undertake, unfold, unravel, untangle, unzip, will, work, work out, work through |
| Antonyms: | mull, question, waver, wonder |
| Main Entry: | rule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, principle of behavior |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, apothegm, assize, axiom, basis, brocard, canon, chapter and verse, command, commandment, criterion, decorum, decree, decretion, dictum, direction, edict, etiquette, formula, fundamental, gnome, guide, guideline, keynote, keystone, law, maxim, model, moral, no-no's, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescription, propriety, regimen, regulation, ruling, statute, tenet, test, the book, the numbers, truism |
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