Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.

    (countable, uncountable)The act of playing the part of.

    The actors' powerful enactment of the play was breathtaking.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of making (a bill) into law.

    The enactment of this law will be a great step backward for our country.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.

    The enactments passed by the council that year included sweeping reforms.

    Verabschiedung, Annahme

    the passing of a law by a legislative body

Translations

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By meaning 1
a piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body:

Forms

plural: enactments
Singularenactment
Pluralenactments

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the passing of a law by a legislative body:passage
  • a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body:act
  • acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture:portrayalcharacterizationpersonation

Word family

5 related words

See also

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