English > legislating: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of making or enacting laws. |
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| Synonyms | legislation, lawmaking |
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| Category of | filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying |
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| reconsider | Consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| legislation, statute law | law enacted by a legislative body |
| Narrower | criminalization, criminalisation | legislation that makes something illegal |
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| decriminalization, decriminalisation | legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal |
| enactment, passage | The passing of a law by a legislative body |
| Broader | government, governing, governance, government activity, administration | The act of governing |
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| Spanish | legislación |
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| Catalan | legislació |
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