Antonyms for precept
ˈpri sɛptpre·cept

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1. precept

   Doctrine primarily signifies that which is taught; principle, the fundamental basis on which the teaching rests. A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of direct revelation, the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly, at the present day, an offensive signification, as of a belief arrogantly asserted. Tenet is simply that which is held, and is applied to a single item of belief; it is a neutral word, neither approving nor condemning; we speak of the doctrines of our own church; of the tenets of others. A precept relates not to belief, but to conduct. Compare FAITH; LAW.

   Synonyms:
   article of belief, article of faith, belief, doctrine, dogma, principle, teaching, tenet

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1. precept

   Antonyms:
   suggestion, prompting, instigation, impulse

   Synonyms:
   rule, maxim, injunction, commandment, doctrine, direction, law, mandate, principle, instruction, command, order

Matched Categories

1. • Doctrine
   • Rule

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 6 votes

1. principle, preceptnoun

   rule of personal conduct

   Synonyms:
   rationale, commandment, principle, teaching, rule

2. teaching, precept, commandmentnoun

   a doctrine that is taught

   "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

   Synonyms:
   principle, didactics, teaching, educational activity, education, pedagogy, instruction, commandment

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1. preceptnoun

   Synonyms:
   commandment, maxim, rule, adage, behest, injunction

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. ambiguity

   a rule of conduct is supposed to be followed, and ambiguity is when you try to do the opposite of what everyone says.

   the ambiguity begins to disappear as more explanations are made.

   Submitted by rinat on December 2, 2015  

How to use precept in a sentence?

1. Dwight L. Moody:

   A good example is far better than a good precept.

2. Rene Descartes:

   The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

3. Samuel Smiles:

   It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

4. Seneca:

   Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

5. Robert Cecil:

   Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.

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