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decree

noun

1 an emergency presidential decree:

order, edict, command, commandment, mandate, proclamation, dictum, fiat, promulgation, precept;

law, statute, act, bill, ordinance, regulation, rule, injunction, enactment, manifesto;

in Tsarist Russia ukase;

in Spanish-speaking countries pronunciamento;

rare firman, decretal, irade, rescript.

2 the council succeeded in obtaining a court decree against him:

judgement, verdict, adjudication, ruling, rule, resolution, arbitration, decision, conclusion;

findings.

verb

the government decreed that a new national stadium should be built:

order, command, rule, dictate, lay down, prescribe, pronounce, proclaim, ordain;

enact, adjudge, enjoin, direct, decide, determine.

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