Antonyms for mandate
ˈmæn deɪtman·date

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1. mandate

   Law, in its ideal, is the statement of a principle of right in mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act, however imperfect or unjust. Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments. An edict is the act of an absolute sovereign or other authority; we speak of the edict of an emperor, the decree of a court. A mandate is specific, for an occasion or a purpose; a superior court issues its mandate to an inferior court to send up its records. Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. We speak of algebraic or chemical formulas, municipal ordinances, military orders, army regulations, ecclesiastical canons, the rules of a business house. Law is often used, also, for a recognized principle, whose violation is attended with injury or loss that acts like a penalty; as, the laws of business; the laws of nature. In more strictly scientific use, a natural law is simply a recognized system of sequences or relations; as, Kepler's laws of planetary distances. A code is a system of laws; jurisprudence is the science of law, or a system of laws scientifically considered, classed, and interpreted; legislation, primarily the act of legislating, denotes also the body of statutes enacted by a legislative body. An economy (Greek oikonomia, primarily the management of a house) is any comprehensive system of administration; as, domestic economy; but the word is extended to the administration or government of a state or people, signifying a body of laws and regulations, with the entire system, political or religious, especially the latter, of which they form a part; as, the code of Draco, Roman jurisprudence, British legislation, the Mosaic economy. Law is also used as a collective noun for a system of laws or recognized rules or regulations, including not only all special laws, but the principles on which they are based. The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. Polity (Greek politeia, from polis, a city) signifies the form, constitution, or method of government of a nation, state, church, or other institution; in usage it differs from economy as applying rather to the system, while economy applies especially to method, or to the system as administered; an economy might be termed a polity considered with especial reference to its practical administration, hence commonly with special reference to details or particulars, while polity has more reference to broad principles.

   Synonyms:
   canon, code, command, commandment, decree, economy, edict, enactment, formula, jurisprudence, law, legislation, order, ordinance, polity, principle, regulation, rule, statute

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. mandate

   Antonyms:
   suggestion, petition, request, entreaty

   Synonyms:
   command, edict, order, bidding, injunction, behest, rule, precept

Matched Categories

1. • Assign
   • Delegate
   • District
   • Order

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mandate, authorization, authorisationnoun

   a document giving an official instruction or command

   Synonyms:
   potency, dominance, empowerment, sanction, authority, say-so, authorisation, authorization, mandatory

2. mandate, mandatorynoun

   a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

   Synonyms:
   mandatary, authorization, mandatory, authorisation

3. mandateverb

   the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

   Synonyms:
   authorization, mandatory, authorisation

4. mandateverb

   assign under a mandate

   "mandate a colony"

5. mandateverb

   make mandatory

   "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"

6. mandateverb

   assign authority to

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1. mandatenoun

   Synonyms:
   command, edict, order, injunction, precept

How to use mandate in a sentence?

1. Pena Nieto:

   I am doing this, not just because of a legal mandate, but also as an ethical obligation ... to do with accountability, above all I reaffirm my democratic conviction to conduct myself with absolute transparency.

2. Leana Wen:

   There was, and is, a time and place for pandemic restrictions. But when they were put in, it was always with the understanding that they would be removed as soon as we can. And, in this case, circumstances have changed. Case counts are declining. Also, the science has changed, the responsibility should shift from a government mandate imposed from the state or the local district of the school … it should shift to an individual responsibility by the family, who can still decide that their child can wear a mask if needed.

3. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   There was no one who said we should stop the talks and that includes Great Britain, there was a clear mandate to continue the talks.

4. Richard Clarida:

   What does a full employment mandate mean? Sometimes these conversations can get very 'NAIRU-centric,' the labor market is a very complex organism and it is useful to keep multiple indicators.

5. Stephanie Cutter:

   Now there is a requirement for people to take responsibility, which you know most people have insurance, so do you agree with the mandate idea? That is a Republican idea, came out of the Heritage Foundation, one of our co-hosts, Newt Gingrich, was behind it. And the ban on preexisting conditions? Do you agree with those two provisions?

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