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- pronunciation:
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dihkt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
an order or decree proclaimed by a ruler or other of high authority.
Those of a different faith were expelled from the country by a royal edict.A presidential edict abolished the agency.The king issued an edict that forbid the seizing of neutral vessels.- synonyms:
- command, declaration, decree, dictate, direction, directive, fiat, order, proclamation, pronouncement, rescript, ukase
- similar words:
- dictum, injunction, instruction, mandate, ruling
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| related words: |
act, ban, behest, command, law, mandate, order, word |
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