| adopt |
When a government or group adopts a law or rule, it means they accept it by voting for it. [1/2 definitions] |
| agreement |
Some agreements are a serious and special promise. If someone accepts this type of agreement, it means that they will be breaking a rule or a law if they do not do what they promise. Usually this kind of agreement is written on paper, and a person signs their name on the paper to accept it. [1/4 definitions] |
| apply |
If something doesn't apply to you, then it has no connection with you or it doesn't matter for you. Let's say children under six aren't allowed to play in the big playground. But, you're older than six, so that rule doesn't apply to you. It's OK for you to play there. [1/4 definitions] |
| arbitrary |
resulting from personal opinions, wishes, or feelings instead of from a rule or reason. |
| ban1 |
to forbid or have an official rule against; prohibit. [2 definitions] |
| caliphate |
the area ruled, length of rule, or office of a caliph. |
| colonize |
to establish a settlement on (a distant territory) and begin to rule. |
| comply |
to do what is asked or demanded; act in agreement with a rule (sometimes followed by "with"). |
| conform |
to act in a way that agrees with a rule or standard. |
| correct |
agreeing with a rule or accepted way of doing things; proper. [1/5 definitions] |
| curfew |
a rule or law that sets a time after which everyone must be off the street and inside for the night. Curfews sometimes apply only to a particular group, such as young people. |
| dictate |
(often plural) a rule or requirement that guides or controls what one does. [1/3 definitions] |
| discipline |
When someone gives a person discipline for breaking a rule, they give them some punishment for the purpose of changing their behavior. [2/7 definitions] |
| disobey |
If you disobey, you don't do what someone tells you to do, or you don't do what a rule says you have to do. |
| dominate |
to control by the use of power; rule. [1/2 definitions] |
| dominion |
the power or authority to rule or control. [1/2 definitions] |
| effect |
When something is in effect, it is active. If a rule of how to dress in school goes into effect tomorrow, it means that starting tomorrow you have to dress according to this rule. [1/6 definitions] |
| effective |
When a rule becomes effective, it starts to have force. People start having to obey it. If a law is not effective yet, it means that the law has been decided on, but nobody has to obey it yet. [1/2 definitions] |
| exception |
If something doesn't fit the general rule, it is an exception. [1/2 definitions] |
| federal |
having to do with a system of government that unites several states under a central government. The states have their own governments, yet they recognize the rule of the central government as well. [1/2 definitions] |
| forbid |
If a person or thing forbids something, that thing is completely not allowed. If your grandparents forbid dogs in their house, no one is allowed to bring a dog in their house. If a school rule forbids wearing shorts in school, then nobody can wear shorts. [1/2 definitions] |