Law and Order

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Law

Law noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.
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Order is a synonym for law in demand topic. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Law", when it comes to topics like society, decree, regulation, command.
Nearby Words: lawful, lawless, laws, lawfulness, lawfully

Order

Order noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.
Usage example: the commander issued an order that the number of guards for the prisoner be doubled
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Law is a synonym for order in peace topic. You can use "Law" instead a noun "Order", if it concerns topics such as command, lawfulness.
Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

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old old law old order
good good law good order
special special law special order
similar similar law similar order
Other adjectives: natural, specific, current, original, single, divine, simple, actual, real, evil, strict, ancient, religious, general, highest, official, last, written.

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  • Dingo manages to convince it to protect the earth rather than destroying it by suggesting that instead of mathematical order it try law and order, which is similar, but requires less extinction.
    Source: Apocalypse How / Class X
  • Romanticism Versus Enlightenment The Bridge on the River Kwai features this clash, although it is thoroughly subverted: Colonel Nicholson of Team Enlightenment believes so passionately in law and order that he ends up turning to Honor Before Reason, and collaborating with his Japanese captors in order to stay in command of his men.
    Source: Romanticism Versus Enlightenment
  • The Covenant of the Darkmoon Blades is, in action, a force for order and law, with a motif based around the Moon, contrasting the Sunlight theme Gwyn and his other kids have.
    Source: Dark Is Not Evil / Video Games
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