DICTATIONS Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

dictations

noun

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plural of dictation

as in instructions

arbitrary command The populace began to protest against the dictation of the occupying government

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instructions
repressions
rules
suppressions
directions
prohibitions
prescriptions
proscriptions
forces
interdictions
constraints
prescripts
compulsions
coercions

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allowances
permissions
tolerations
sufferances

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