Foundation and Precedent

Foundation

Foundation noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.

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Precedent and foundation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precedent" instead a noun "Foundation".

Nearby Words: founder, founded, founding, foundationer

Precedent noun - An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.

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Foundation and precedent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foundation" instead a noun "Precedent".

good	good foundation	good precedent
similar	similar foundation	similar precedent
solid	solid foundation	solid precedent
original	original foundation	original precedent
Other adjectives: legal, obvious, logical, strong, actual, entire, real, great, new, possible, fictional, imperial.

By firing those two, the Lannisters created a pretty foundation-shaking precedent; later Cersei plans to use that precedent to assassinate Jon Snow and get the assassin out of the Night's Watch scot free.

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