Synonyms for enact
ɛnˈækten·act

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1. enact

   Synonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Antonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

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1. ordain, enactverb

   order by virtue of superior authority; decree

   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

   Synonyms:
   ordain, reenact, act out, order, consecrate, ordinate

2. enact, reenact, act outverb

   act out; represent or perform as if in a play

   "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

   Synonyms:
   reenact, act out, ordain

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1. enactverb

   Synonyms:
   ordain, decree, establish by law, pass into a law, give legislative sanction to

2. enactverb

   Synonyms:
   play, act, act the part of

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1. List of paraphrases for "enact":

   promulgate, adopt, promulgation, enactment, enacted, sen, enacting, promulgated, pass, introduce

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1. Eric Trump:

   So when you compare the fact that Joe Biden has been absolutely terrible for the black communities in this country and hes telling you if you dont vote for him, youre not black versus Donald Trump, who is actionable, actually enact and substantive change for these communities, i think Joe Biden is probably doing pretty poorly with the black community in this country.

2. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring:

   It is my opinion that these resolutions have no legal effect, it is my further opinion that localities and local constitutional officers cannot nullify state laws and must comply with gun violence prevention measures that the General Assembly may enact.

3. Benji Backer:

   Every one of my generation wants to buy a Tesla. Everyone in my generation wants to have solar panels on their roofs. That demand is there. That's a culture change that no government policy could ever enact, that is shifting the way that we look at climate change and our economy, but it's not going to take just one policy.

4. Edward Paltzik:

   The court minimized the importance of the Legislature's repeated failures to enact more comprehensive outdoor smoking legislation.

5. George W. Bush, Gov. of Texas, state leading in executions:

   States should have the right to enact... laws...particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.