Enactment and Quashing

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Enactment noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.

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Quashing is an antonym for enactment.

Nearby Words: enact, enacted, enacting

Quashing noun - The doing away with something by formal action.

Usage example: the defense's latest call for the quashing of the indictment failed, just as the previous ones had

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Enactment is an antonym for quashing.

Nearby Words: quash, quashed

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