enactment | Definition of enactment

Synonyms and Antonyms of enactment

1 a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature

as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development

Synonyms of enactment

act, bill, constitution, law, ordinance, statute

Words Related to enactment

command, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, edict, fiat, ruling

bylaw, ground rule, regulation, rule

amendment, legislation

common law, martial law

prohibition, proscription, restriction

canon, capitulary, encyclical

Near Antonyms of enactment

2 the doing of an action

the enactment of the crime is suggested but never actually shown on screen

Synonyms of enactment

accomplishment, achievement, commission, discharge, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance

Words Related to enactment

dispatch, expedition

administration, direction, handling, management

application, operation, practice (also practise)

Antonyms of enactment

nonfulfillment, nonperformance