legislation

Noun

Meaning

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

law rule act bill measure regulation statute decree ordinance enactment lawmaking legal code Laws Acts bylaw
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Antonyms

cancellation abolition avoidance hibernation neutralization invalidation
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Hypernyms

government administration governance governing civil law government activity

Hyponyms

passage enactment criminalization decriminalization criminalisation decriminalisation

Phrases with the word

self-legislation anti-monopoly legislation adopt legislation introduce legislation piece of legislation anti-trust legislation

Anagrams

Agostinelli

Examples

The world is not going to be saved by legislation. William Howard Taft

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. Denis Diderot

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation (the Guffey Coal Control Bill) Franklin D. Roosevelt

For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written yet where is the legislator who has wisdom and practical talent enough to avail himself of the light which it sheds on the science of legislation. Henry David Thoreau

Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance. Phyllis Schlafly

A $600 boost to unemployment expires at the end of July, but McConnell stated that the Senate will not pass any legislation until mid-August. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

legislated legislateur's group legislating legislation of the country legislational legislative