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enforced
| Main Entry: |
enforced
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in force |
| Synonyms: | advocated, carried out, charged, compelled, constrained, demanded, dictated, enjoined, established, exacted, executed, forced upon, imposed, invoked, kept, ordained, prescribed, pressed, prevalent, required, sanctioned |
| Main Entry: | applied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used |
| Synonyms: | activated, adapted, adjusted, brought to bear, correlated, devoted, enforced, exercised, practiced, related, tested, utilized |
| Main Entry: | forced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compulsory, strained |
| Synonyms: | affected, artificial, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained, contrived, enforced, factitious, false, grudging, inflexible, insincere, involuntary, labored, mandatory, obligatory, peremptory, rigid, slave, stiff, stringent, unnatural, unwilling, wooden |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | noncompulsory, spontaneous, unforced, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | lawful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | allowable, legitimate |
| Synonyms: | authorized, bona fide, canonical, card-carrying, commanded, condign, constitutional, decreed, due, enacted, enforced, enjoined, established, innocent, judged, judicial, jural, juridical, jurisprudent, just, justifiable, kosher*, legal, legalized, legislated, legit, legitimatized, licit, mandated, of right, official, on the level, on the up and up, ordained, ordered, passed, permissible, proper, protected, rightful, ruled, statutory, valid, vested, warrantable, warranted |
| Notes: | lawful means allowed by law while legal means of or relating to or concerned with law |
| Antonyms: | illegal, illegitimate, illicit, prohibited, taboo, unlawful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | legal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | allowable, permissible |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, allowed, authorized, card-carrying, chartered, clean*, condign, constitutional, contractual, decreed, due, enforced, enforcible, enjoined, fair, forensic, granted, innocent, judged, judicial, juridical, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legalized, legit, legitimate, licit, on the level, on the up and up, ordained, passed, precedented, prescribed, proper, protected, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, statutory, straight, sure enough, valid, warranted, within the law |
| Notes: | lawful means allowed by law while legal means of or relating to or concerned with law |
| Antonyms: | illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obligatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | essential, required |
| Synonyms: | binding, coercive, compulsatory, compulsory, de rigueur, enforced, imperative, imperious, mandatory, necessary, requisite, unavoidable |
| Antonyms: | nonessential, optional, unrequired, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | required/requisite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, called for, compulsatory, compulsory, condign, demanded, deserved, due, enforced, essential, imperative, imperious, indispensable, just, mandatory, needed, needful, obligatory, prerequisite, prescribed, recommended, right, rightful, set, suitable, unavoidable, vital |
| Antonyms: | nonessential, optional, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | required |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, called for, compulsatory, compulsory, condign, demanded, deserved, due, enforced, essential, imperative, imperious, indispensable, just, mandatory, needed, needful, obligatory, prerequisite, prescribed, recommended, requisite, right, rightful, set, suitable, unavoidable, vital |
| Antonyms: | inessential, optional |
| Main Entry: | operated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conducted |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, achieved, administered, contrived, conveyed, determined, directed, driven, enforced, executed, finished, fulfilled, governed, guided, handled, maintained, managed, manipulated, moved, negotiated, ordered, performed, practiced, promoted, regulated, revolved, run, served, superintended, supervised, sustained, transacted, transported, turned, used, wielded, worked |
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