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Meaning: The act of making or enacting laws Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Synonyms: lawmaking; legislating; legislation Hypernyms ("lawmaking" is a kind of...): governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority) Domain category: legislation; statute law (law enacted by a legislative body) jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lawmaking"): criminalisation; criminalization (legislation that makes something illegal) decriminalisation; decriminalization (legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal) enactment; passage (the passing of a law by a legislative body) "A lie has no legs." (English proverb) "The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after" (Breton proverb) "A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life." (Arabic proverb) "The morning rainbow reaches the fountains; the evening rainbow fills the sails." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Meaning of legislation Pronunciation of jurisprudence Meaning of law Pronunciation of enactment Meaning of passage
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