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Synonyms for behest
noun order; personal decreeAntonyms for behest
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charge
noun. command
command
noun. directive, instruction
- act
- adjuration
- ban
- behest
- bidding
- call
- canon
- caveat
- charge
- citation
- commandment
- decree
- demand
- devoir
- dictate
- dictation
- dictum
- direction
- duty
- edict
- enactment
- exaction
- fiat
- imperative
- imposition
- injunction
- interdiction
- law
- mandate
- notification
- obligation
- order
- ordinance
- precept
- prescript
- proclamation
- prohibition
- proscription
- regulation
- request
- requirement
- requisition
- responsibility
- rule
- subpoena
- summons
- ultimatum
- warrant
- will
- word
- writ
commands
noun. directive, instruction
- act
- adjuration
- ban
- behest
- bidding
- call
- canon
- caveat
- charge
- citation
- commandment
- decree
- demand
- devoir
- dictate
- dictation
- dictum
- direction
- duty
- edict
- enactment
- exaction
- fiat
- imperative
- imposition
- injunction
- interdiction
- law
- mandate
- notification
- obligation
- order
- ordinance
- precept
- prescript
- proclamation
- prohibition
- proscription
- regulation
- request
- requirement
- requisition
- responsibility
- rule
- subpoena
- summons
- ultimatum
- warrant
- will
- word
- writ
decree
noun. mandate, legal order
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.