Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
S: (n) law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity) "there is a law against kidnapping"
S: (n) law, natural law (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)
S: (n) law, law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature) "the laws of thermodynamics"
S: (n) category (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme)
S: (n) rule, regulation (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior) "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
S: (n) property, attribute, dimension (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished) "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
S: (n) abstraction, abstract (a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance) "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
S: (n) quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)
S: (n) part, section, division (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole) "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
S: (n) whole (all of something including all its component elements or parts) "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
S: (n) law, natural law (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)
S: (n) law, law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature) "the laws of thermodynamics"
S: (n) hypothesis, possibility, theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena) "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
S: (n) fact (a concept whose truth can be proved) "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
S: (n) theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena) "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
S: (n) jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)
S: (n) law, practice of law (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system) "he studied law at Yale"
S: (n) unit, social unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group) "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"