Antonyms for laws


Grammar : Noun
Spell : law
Phonetic Transcription : lÉ”


Definition of laws

Origin :
  • Old English lagu (plural laga, comb. form lah-) "law, ordinance, rule, regulation; district governed by the same laws," from Old Norse *lagu "law," collective plural of lag "layer, measure, stroke," literally "something laid down or fixed," from Proto-Germanic *lagan "put, lay" (see lay (v.)).
  • Replaced Old English æ and gesetnes, which had the same sense development as law. Cf. also statute, from Latin statuere; German Gesetz "law," from Old High German gisatzida; Lithuanian istatymas, from istatyti "set up, establish." In physics, from 1660s. Law and order have been coupled since 1796.
  • noun rules of a government, society
  • noun standard, principle of behavior
Example sentences :
  • Aspasia remained in Athens, triumphant over the laws of religion and morality.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The laws of the country made it impossible to accompany her beloved husband.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • These laws are general and their administration should be uniform and equal.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The supremacy of the nation and its laws should be no longer a subject of debate.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • It is the crisis which makes the pressure, and not the laws which provide a remedy for it.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • To increase the attachment of our people to the Union, our laws should be just.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I have been selected by you to execute and enforce the laws of the country.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • From those who loved the people and, of course, despised the laws?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Synonyms for laws

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