Synonyms of the word

law

• n. (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts…
• n. A particular such rule.
• n. (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are…
• n. (sciences, strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word…
• n. (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
• n. A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms…
• n. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
• n. (slang, uncountable) The police.
• n. (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
• n. An oath, as in the presence of a court. See wager of law.
• n. (obsolete) a tumulus of stones.
• n. (Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill.
• interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

accumulation

• n. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
• n. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
• n. A mass of something piled up or collected.
• n. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
• n. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
• n. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is…

aggregation

• n. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
• n. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
• n. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
• n. (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
• n. (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
• n. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.

assemblage

• n. The process of assembling or bringing together.
• n. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
• n. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often…

collection

• n. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
• n. Multiple related objects associated as a group.
• n. The activity of collecting.
• n. (topology, analysis) A set of sets.
• n. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
• n. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
• n. (Britain) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
• n. (in the plural, Britain, Oxford University slang) A set of college exams generally taken at the start…

concept

• n. abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
• n. understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic,…
• n. (programming) In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their…

conception

• n. The act of conceiving.
• n. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
• n. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
• n. The start of pregnancy.
• n. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
• n. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation…
• n. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

constabulary

• adj. Of, or relating to constables.
• adj. Characteristic to police; police-like, rather than military.
• n. A police force.
• n. The police in a particular district or area.

construct

• n. Something constructed from parts.
• n. A concept or model.
• n. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or…
• v. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
• v. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
• v. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric…

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

instrument

• n. A device used to produce music.
• n. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
• n. A measuring or displaying device.
• n. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
• n. (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
• n. (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
• v. (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
• v. (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
• v. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

jurisprudence

• n. (law) The philosophy, science, and study of law.

personnel

• n. employees; office staff.

philosophy

• n. (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
• n. (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
• n. (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
• n. (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
• n. (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
• n. (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
• n. (French printing, dated) Synonym of small pica.
• v. (now rare) To philosophize.

police

• n. A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order.
• n. (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Scotland) A police officer.
• n. (obsolete) Policy.
• n. (obsolete) Communal living; civilization.
• n. (now rare, historical) The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc.
• v. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
• v. (transitive) To patrol or clean up an area.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To enforce norms or standards upon.