enactment C2+ Topic:Money & Finance US /ɪˈnæktmənt/ UK /ɪˈnæktmənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the process of making a bill into law; a statute so passed The enactment of the reform took years of legislative effort. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the process of making a... legislationstatutepassageordinancedecreelaw ↔ Opposites repealabrogationannulment Word family Related forms enactenactoract Etymology AI details From enact (from en- 'to make, cause' + act, from Latin actus, past participle of agere 'to do, drive') + the noun-forming suffix -ment. agere Latin *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # enactment **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪˈnæktmənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪˈnæktmənt/ ## Meanings 1. the process of making a bill into law; a statute so passed ## Examples - The enactment of the reform took years of legislative effort. ## Synonyms - legislation - statute - passage - ordinance - decree - law ## Antonyms - repeal - abrogation - annulment ## Related Forms - enact - enactor - act ## Roots and Affixes - Root: agere - Root: *h₂eǵ- ## Etymology From enact (from en- 'to make, cause' + act, from Latin actus, past participle of agere 'to do, drive') + the noun-forming suffix -ment. ## AI Etymology Enactment is from enact (from en- 'to make, cause' + act, from Latin actus, past participle of agere 'to do, drive') + the noun-forming suffix -ment. Important recorded forms include agere (Latin) and *h₂eǵ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the process of making a bill into law; a statute so passed. The wider family includes related words such as enact, enactor, and act. ## Topics - Money & Finance - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown