Definitions:

1. A legal decision or order issues by a court, often in civil cases. NOUN
   • The court's decree granted custody of the child to the mother.
2. A proclamation or mandate issued by a government or monarch. NOUN
   • The King issues a decree banning hunting in protected forests.

Synonyms:

• direction
• directive
• edict
• injunction
• instruction
• order
• rule

NearBy Words:

• decreed