Synonyms for law
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Police
2. Legislation
legislation, statute, rule, act, constitution, order, regulation, decree, ordinance, enactment, canon, edict, principle, prohibition, maxim, precept, commandment, standard, tenet, truth, convention, form, forme US
Other
jurisprudence, code, justice, man date informal, guideline, natural law, pandect rare, nomography rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
In theory, entrapment is against the law.
- n. 2
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
commercial hunting and fishing law
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- laws → constabularies, legislations, statutes, rules…
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In legal proceedings cases arise for which the law has not adequately provided, or in which general provisions, just in the main, would work individual hardship.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- legislation The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
- statute He got off because of the statute of limitations.
- justice Martin Luther King spent his life seeking justice.
- jurisprudence I'm not familiar with Canadian jurisprudence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| law | steady | |
| legislation | falling | |
| statute | falling | |
| justice | rising | |
| jurisprudence | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- act1
- 4 letters
- form1, code1, rule1
- 5 letters
- order2, truth1, canon2, maxim2, edict2, tenet2, forme
- 6 letters
- police2, decree2
- 7 letters
- justice2, statute2, precept2, pandect
- 8 letters
- standard2
- 9 letters
- principle3, ordinance3, enactment3, guideline2
- 10 letters
- convention3, regulation4, nomography
- 11 letters
- legislation4, prohibition4, commandment3
- 12 letters
- constitution4, constabulary5
- 13 letters
- jurisprudence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).