Law and Scale

Law

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

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Scale and law are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Law".

Nearby Words: lawful, lawless, laws, lawfulness, lawfully

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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Law and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Law" instead a noun "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

human	human law	human scale
old	old law	old scale
good	good law	good scale
similar	similar law	similar scale
Other adjectives: current, single, simple, actual, real, evil, general, universal, national, basic, international, local, interstellar, intergalactic.

Law & Order is on the plot-centric side of the scale.

Source: Sliding Scale of Plot Versus Characters
While Third Watch leans heavily towards the cynical side on That Other Scale, it is much more positive on its portrayal of law enforcement.

Source: Sliding Scale of Law Enforcement
The law-chaos scale determining another portion of one's mindset is gone, so now alignment is simply determining just how good or evil you are.

Source: Card Carrying Villain / Tabletop Games

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