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. Mark Montigny:

   Sadly, these numbers are not surprising, prosecutions and convictions are unlikely to increase unless and until we enact necessary reforms.

2. 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.

3. Ted Cruz:

   As President Biden moved to enact his radical agenda.

4. Dmitri Alperovitch:

   This is Russian ransomware diplomacy, it is a signal to the United States : If you don't enact severe sanctions against us for invasion of Ukraine, we will continue to cooperate with you on ransomware investigations.

5. Jonathan Reiner:

   The DC Hospital Association, where I work, has asked the DC government for permission for hospitals to enact crisis standards of care, and that's coming to every city in the United States.