English dictionary
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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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