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English *noun*: legislation
1.	legislation (communication) law enacted by a legislative body
		Synonyms	statute law
		Broader (hypernym)	civil law
		Narrower (hyponym)	enabling legislation, federal job safety law, occupational safety and health act
		Part meronym	statute book
		Domain category	jurisprudence, law
		Domain category members	Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice, Justice Department, lawmaking, legislating, legislation, unamended

2.	legislation (act) the act of making or enacting laws
		Synonyms	lawmaking, legislating
		Broader (hypernym)	administration, governance, governing, government, government activity
		Narrower (hyponym)	criminalisation, criminalization, decriminalisation, decriminalization, enactment, passage
		Domain category	jurisprudence, law, legislation, statute law
		Domain category members	filibuster, reconsider

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