Answer and Ruling

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Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Ruling is an antonym for answer.

Ruling noun - A decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard.

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Answer is an antonym for ruling in judgment topic.

Nearby Words: rule, ruler, ruled

exact	exact answer	exact ruling
particular	particular answer	particular ruling
right	right answer	right ruling
perfect	perfect answer	perfect ruling
Other adjectives: original, top, popular, powerful, actual, real, bad, final, definitive, official, previous.

That and the fact the Wizengamot wouldn't go back on the ruling of having Sirius answer only the basic questions got him acquitted but still believed to be guilty.

Source: Off on a Technicality
Other times, the receiving contestant gave the correct answer to the last box on the buzzer the ruling in such a case is that if the "essence" of the answer (with "Things Made of Flannel", "flannel" is the essence) came before the buzzer, it's a win.

Source: Series / Pyramid
Ten years after that, in For Answer, they form the League of Ruling Companies, which still rules the world and has these companies band together to become a single superpower, in theory, at least.

Source: Mega Corp.

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