enactment.

1. The passing of legislation through an authorized process.

2. The acting out of a situation, story, or part.

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Words that belong together

• enactment of legislation
• statutory enactment

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The report examines the period following the law's enactment.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular enactment; plural enactments. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.