LEGISLATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of making or enacting laws
   Synonym(s)
   • lawmaking (what does lawmaking mean?)
   • legislating (what does legislating mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) legislation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • government (what does government mean?)
   • governing (what does governing mean?)
   • governance (what does governance mean?)
   • government activity (what does government activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • criminalization (what does criminalization mean?)
   • criminalisation (what does criminalisation mean?)
   • decriminalization (what does decriminalization mean?)
   • decriminalisation (what does decriminalisation mean?)
   • enactment (what does enactment mean?)
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • legislate (what does legislate mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
2. Meaning
   • law enacted by a legislative body
   Synonym(s)
   • statute law (what does statute law mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) legislation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • civil law (what does civil law mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • enabling legislation (what does enabling legislation mean?)
   • occupational safety and health act (what does occupational safety and health act mean?)
   • federal job safety law (what does federal job safety law mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • legislate (what does legislate mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)