Synonyms for Enact
ɛnˈækten·act

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1. enact

   Synonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Antonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

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1. ordain, enactverb

   order by virtue of superior authority; decree

   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

   Synonyms:
   ordain, reenact, act out, order, enact, consecrate, ordinate

2. enact, reenact, act outverb

   act out; represent or perform as if in a play

   "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

   Synonyms:
   reenact, act out, ordain, enact

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1. enactverb

   Synonyms:
   ordain, decree, establish by law, pass into a law, give legislative sanction to

2. enactverb

   Synonyms:
   play, act, act the part of

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1. List of paraphrases for "enact":

   promulgate, adopt, promulgation, enactment, enacted, sen, enacting, promulgated, pass, introduce

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1. Mark Oliva:

   It can’t be discounted that many of these background checks for the purchase of a firearm are attributed to threats by the Biden administration to enact the most radical and far-reaching gun control agenda ever proposed, americans are continuing to purchase firearms at a blistering pace.

2. Makayla Montoya:

   I think we're going to be seeing a lot more of that because they're empowered now by the state to kind of like enact vigilante justice.

3. Mike Garcia:

   [H]e waited far too long to enact sanctions that would deter Putin in some way, our president should not be telling our adversaries what we won’t do.

4. The Associated Press:

   It is my further opinion that localities and local constitutional officers can not nullify state laws and must comply with gun violence prevention measures that Virginia General Assembly may enact.

5. Apple Inc:

   Although silence is sometimes a weak indicator of intent, it is a different story when Congress actively considers legislation to address a major policy issue, yet deliberately declines to enact it.