promulgation.

1. The formal public issuance or announcement of a law, regulation or decree.

2. The public spreading or announcement of a doctrine, idea or stated position.

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Words that belong together

• promulgation of regulations
• official promulgation

On the page

The agency scheduled promulgation after publishing its response to the consultation.

Promulgation made the regulation public but did not answer every question about its implementation.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. 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: inference, qualification, analysis, methodology. Disciplines: academic writing, reasoning, research. Commonness: moderately common.