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behest
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BEHEST
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned <I only made the change at the author's behest>
Synonyms behest, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, do, edict, imperative, injunction, instruction, order, word
Related Words demand, requirement; mandate; countermand, counterorder; law, precept, prescript, prescription, rule; ordinance, regulation, statute
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