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dɪˈkride·cree

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. decree

    Law, in its ideal, is the statement of a principle of right in mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act, however imperfect or unjust. Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments. An edict is the act of an absolute sovereign or other authority; we speak of the edict of an emperor, the decree of a court. A mandate is specific, for an occasion or a purpose; a superior court issues its mandate to an inferior court to send up its records. Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. We speak of algebraic or chemical formulas, municipal ordinances, military orders, army regulations, ecclesiastical canons, the rules of a business house. Law is often used, also, for a recognized principle, whose violation is attended with injury or loss that acts like a penalty; as, the laws of business; the laws of nature. In more strictly scientific use, a natural law is simply a recognized system of sequences or relations; as, Kepler's laws of planetary distances. A code is a system of laws; jurisprudence is the science of law, or a system of laws scientifically considered, classed, and interpreted; legislation, primarily the act of legislating, denotes also the body of statutes enacted by a legislative body. An economy (Greek oikonomia, primarily the management of a house) is any comprehensive system of administration; as, domestic economy; but the word is extended to the administration or government of a state or people, signifying a body of laws and regulations, with the entire system, political or religious, especially the latter, of which they form a part; as, the code of Draco, Roman jurisprudence, British legislation, the Mosaic economy. Law is also used as a collective noun for a system of laws or recognized rules or regulations, including not only all special laws, but the principles on which they are based. The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. Polity (Greek politeia, from polis, a city) signifies the form, constitution, or method of government of a nation, state, church, or other institution; in usage it differs from economy as applying rather to the system, while economy applies especially to method, or to the system as administered; an economy might be termed a polity considered with especial reference to its practical administration, hence commonly with special reference to details or particulars, while polity has more reference to broad principles.

    Synonyms:
    canon, code, command, commandment, economy, edict, enactment, formula, jurisprudence, law, legislation, mandate, order, ordinance, polity, principle, regulation, rule, statute

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 8 votes

  1. decree

    Synonyms:
    decision, determination, mandate, law, edict, manifesto, rule, verdict, order, judgment, ordinance, proclamation

    Antonyms:
    cue, hint, suggestion, intimation, request

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. decree, edict, fiat, order, rescriptverb

    a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

    "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, rewrite, order of magnitude, revision, revise, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, order, lodge, monastic order, revisal

  2. decreeverb

    issue a decree

    "The King only can decree"

    Synonyms:
    rule

  3. rule, decreeverb

    decide with authority

    "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"

    Synonyms:
    find, predominate, harness, dominate, rule, prevail, govern, reign, rein

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 2 votes

  1. decree

    Synonyms:
    v. n. ordain, appoint, determine

  2. decreeverb

    Synonyms:
    order, ordain, appoint, enjoin, command

  3. decreenoun

    Synonyms:
    edict, enactment, regulation, law, order, mandate, fiat, ordinance, statute

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. decreenoun

    Synonyms:
    edict, fiat, mandate, decretal, rescript

  2. decreeverb

    Synonyms:
    enact, ordain, enjoin

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How to use decree in a sentence?

  1. Keith Casey:

    We are pleased to have reached agreement on this consent decree that allows us to fully implement the required procedures and investments to further improve our environmental performance.

  2. David Brown:

    I really began to try to understand what was the department's view of the consent decree and reform overall.

  3. Uri Orbach:

    This decree is very serious and we will not allow it to pass unopposed. (on Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze)

  4. House Speaker John Boehner:

    The administration's decree to unilaterally expand federal authority is a raw and tyrannical power grab that will crush jobs, these leaders know firsthand that the rule is being shoved down the throats of hardworking people with no input, and places landowners, small businesses, farmers, and manufacturers on the road to a regulatory and economic hell.

  5. Brandon Scott:

    We are in a unique place under a consent decree that we asked for and have to fund. We fought for police reform.


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