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Noun
S:
(n)
legislation
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legislating
,
lawmaking
(the act of making or enacting laws)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
criminalization
,
criminalisation
(legislation that makes something illegal)
"the criminalization of marijuana"
S:
(n)
decriminalization
,
decriminalisation
(legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal)
S:
(n)
enactment
,
passage
(the passing of a law by a legislative body)
domain category
domain term category
S:
(v)
reconsider
(consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it)
S:
(v)
filibuster
(obstruct deliberately by delaying)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
legislate
,
pass
(make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation)
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"