Enactment
Enactment noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.
Usage example: as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development
Prohibition and enactment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prohibition" instead a noun "Enactment".
Prohibition
Prohibition noun - The act of ordering that something not be done or used.
Enactment and prohibition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Enactment" instead a noun "Prohibition".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- It seems that the enactment of Prohibition in the US was facilitated by some very strange bedfellows indeed — Klansmen allied with militant labor unions?
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