All decree synonyms
deΒ·cree
D d noun decree
- mandate β a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- edict β a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- statute β Law. an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
- instruction β machine instruction
- directive β serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- announcement β An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
- proclamation β something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- injunction β Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- rule β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- regulation β a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- ruling β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- act β When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- law β software law
- judgment β an act or instance of judging.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- commandment β The Ten Commandments are the ten rules of behaviour which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible, people should obey.
- direction β the act or an instance of directing.
- dictum β A dictum is a formal statement made by someone who has authority.
- rap β to carry off; transport.
- promulgation β to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- ordinance β an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- prescript β prescribed.
- pronouncement β a formal or authoritative statement.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- precept β a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
- behest β an authoritative order or earnest request
- say β assay.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- bidding β an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding)
- declaration β A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- ukase β (in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
- charging β to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- verdict β Law. the finding or answer of a jury given to the court concerning a matter submitted to their judgment.
verb decree
- impose β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- dictate β If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- declare β If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- proclaim β to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- decide β If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- compel β If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
- require β to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- pronounce β to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- ordain β to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- prescribe β to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- announce β If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.