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Antonyms for decrees
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-kree |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkri |
Definition of decrees
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French decre, variant of decret (12c., Modern French décret), from Latin decretum, neuter of decretus, past participle of decernere "to decree, decide, pronounce a decision," from de- (see de-) + cernere "to separate" (see crisis).
- noun mandate, legal order
- verb order rule or action
- It decrees that we, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Why should she care for the decrees of a God who had abandoned her!
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Hold your tongue, simpleton; it is not for you to control the decrees of the faculty.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Is the enterprise upon which we are embarked to be conducted as he decrees?
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- Such was the sense of the decrees; the words were such as may be guessed or left unguessed.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- She shrugged her shoulders, in delicate deprecation of the decrees of Fate.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- Who knows how the Grand Llama of Thibet decrees the destinies of millions!
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- But in spite of all her prudence we had no power to hinder the decrees of fate.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Do you believe in the writings of the fathers, and the decrees of the councils?
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- Might not the courts adjudge that the decrees had not been repealed pro forma?
- Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
Synonyms for decrees
- act
- announce
- announcement
- behest
- bidding
- charge
- charging
- command
- commandment
- compel
- constrain
- decide
- declaration
- declare
- decretum
- demand
- determine
- dictate
- dictum
- direction
- directive
- edict
- enact
- enactment
- force
- impose
- injunction
- instruction
- judgment
- law
- lay down the law
- oblige
- ordain
- order
- ordinance
- precept
- prescribe
- prescript
- proclaim
- proclamation
- promulgation
- pronounce
- pronouncement
- put one's foot down
- rap
- read the riot act
- regulation
- require
- rule
- ruling
- say
- set
- statute
- the riot act
- the word
- ukase
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