Synonyms for legislation

Most common

statute · statute law · lawmaking

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

   There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.

Related words

Phrases

secondary legislation delegated legislation subordinate legislation subsidiary legislation

Forms

Plural

legislations → laws, statutes, lawmakings…

Example sentences

• statute He got off because of the statute of limitations.
• lawmaking The country adopted a unicameral legislature to simplify the lawmaking process.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

law¹

7 letters

statute²

9 letters

lawmaking³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (statute² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

législation

Italiano

legislazione

Deutsch

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