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decree
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DECREE
1
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned <the boss doesn't give out many decrees, but he does expect those that are issued to be fully obeyed>
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
2
an order publicly issued by an authority <a decree issued by the state's supreme court to the legislature>
Related Words call, conclusion, decision, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), opinion, resolution, verdict; announcement, declaration, dictum, manifesto, proclamation, pronouncement; canon, encyclical
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