decrees

NOUN

mandate, legal order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act announcement directive edict injunction instruction judgment law order proclamation regulation rule ruling statute

STRONG

behest bidding charge charging command commandment declaration dictum direction enactment ordinance precept prescript promulgation pronouncement rap say ukase

WEAK

decretum the riot act the word

Antonyms

STRONGEST

answer disorganization lawlessness

VERB

order rule or action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

declare dictate enact impose proclaim

STRONG

announce command compel constrain decide demand determine force oblige ordain prescribe pronounce require rule set

WEAK

lay down the law put one's foot down read the riot act

Antonyms

STRONG

conceal delay hesitate hide hinder let go

Example Sentences

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That conflict between demonstrators and their decriers “is far more visceral,” Naison asserts, which he says makes this time even more fraught.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024

His words were for the impatient, the decriers, the calamity howlers.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at the very least, the chronic decriers of American apathy will have to start defining idealism more broadly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because this is so obvious, I saw little use in joining the chorus of self-righteous decriers of Hoover's actions before the Church committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lockhart, that is to say, was neither of the idolaters, like Hazlitt, nor of the decriers and blasphemers.

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)