acts
Segments of drama
Acts are things done—deeds, performances, or segments of a play or show.
An act of kindness is a kind deed.
A circus has multiple acts.
Someone who puts on an act is pretending: Her confidence was just an act.
In law, an act is a statute passed by a legislature.
To act is to do something, perform a role, or behave in a certain way: She acted surprised. (Capitalized Acts is the biblical book.)
Carrying out a task
- scenesDivisions within acts
- playsStaged dramatic works
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- stageRaised performance platform
curtain · intermission · monologue · dialogue · ensemble · rehearsal · audition · playwright
Enforceable societal rules
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- enactmentsLaws formally passed
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
bills · regulations · decrees · resolutions · provisions · mandates · codes · legislature
Completed notable deeds
- achievementsCompleted goals worth noting
- featsNotable acts of skill
- exploitsNotable daring actions
- endeavorsSustained, purposeful attempts
efforts · works · undertakings · doings · ventures · services · measures · operations
Regular sequence of actions
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
tightrope · ringmaster · opening · finale · carnival · sideshow · spectacle · illusion
Carrying out a task
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- featRemarkable act of skill
- undertakingTask one commits to
- exploitNotable act or abuse
Formal event marking occasions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
devotion · observance · communion · offering · consecration · penance · contrition · ablution
performance
Carrying out a task
stage · curtain · intermission · monologue · dialogue · ensemble · rehearsal · audition · playwright · script
laws
Enforceable societal rules
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- enactmentsLaws formally passed
- ordinancesLocal government rules
bills · amendments · regulations · decrees · resolutions · provisions · mandates · codes · legislature · parliament
accomplishments
Completed notable deeds
- achievementsCompleted goals worth noting
- featsNotable acts of skill
- exploitsNotable daring actions
endeavors · efforts · works · undertakings · doings · ventures · services · measures · operations · missions
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
trapeze · tightrope · ringmaster · opening · finale · carnival · sideshow · spectacle · illusion · daredevil
performance
Carrying out a task
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- featRemarkable act of skill
- undertakingTask one commits to
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
worship · devotion · observance · communion · offering · consecration · penance · contrition · ablution · purification
- taking actionmoves, responds, go for it, step forward, jump in
- talent competitionstalent show, talent shows, auditions, judges panel, golden buzzer
- lineupsstarting lineup, police lineup, batting order, roster, suspect lineup
- British PoliticsHouse of Commons, Westminster, Whigs, Tories, Commons
- operaopera, aria, arias, soprano, tenor
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
actsrepeals
Formally annuls laws
revocations · nullifications · abolitions · rescissions · annulments
- caught in the actDiscovered mid-wrongdoing
- act outPerform or misbehave
- acting upBehaving badly or failing
- get in on the actBegin participating in ongoing activity
- act upBehave badly or fail
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
act, action, active, actor, acting, activity, react, actual, actions