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edict
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of EDICT
1
an order publicly issued by an authority <the school board's edict put a new student dress code into effect>
Related Words call, conclusion, decision, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), opinion, resolution, verdict; announcement, declaration, dictum, manifesto, proclamation, pronouncement; canon, encyclical
2
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned <this household's edict of long standing: no television until all homework has been completed>
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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