mandating
Making legally necessary
Mandating is requiring something by official order or authority.
Governments mandate vaccinations, employers mandate training, laws mandate disclosures.
The word carries institutional weight—individuals may require or demand, but mandating implies formal power: The state is mandating masks in schools.
Federal regulations mandating fuel efficiency standards take effect next year.
Authoritative legal command
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- edictAuthoritative public command
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- proclamationFormal public announcement
injunction · dictate · fiat · pronouncement · ultimatum · diktat · ordinance · ruling
Required by rule
- requisiteSomething absolutely needed
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- bindingLegally or morally required
- nonnegotiableCannot be altered
imperative · required · enforced · dictated · compelled · constrained · coerced · imposed
Official enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- codeSymbolic communication system
act · amendment · constitution · jurisprudence · judiciary · provision · bylaw · charter
Required task or commitment
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- conditionState or stipulation
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
provision · criterion · precondition · specification · qualification · standard · benchmark · threshold
Adhering to requirements
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
penalties · prosecution · inspection · accountability · auditing · crackdown · discipline · violation
decree
Authoritative legal command
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- edictAuthoritative public command
- directiveFormal command or instruction
proclamation · injunction · dictate · fiat · pronouncement · ultimatum · diktat · ordinance · ruling · prescription
obligatory
Required by rule
- requisiteSomething absolutely needed
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- bindingLegally or morally required
nonnegotiable · imperative · required · enforced · dictated · compelled · constrained · coerced · imposed · inescapable
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
code · act · amendment · constitution · jurisprudence · judiciary · provision · bylaw · charter · enactment
obligation
Required task or commitment
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- conditionState or stipulation
stipulation · provision · criterion · precondition · specification · qualification · standard · benchmark · threshold · compliance
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
sanctions · penalties · prosecution · inspection · accountability · auditing · crackdown · discipline · violation · infraction
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- delegationdelegating, assigning, entrusting, tasking, handing off
- formalizingformalizing, institutionalizing, officializing, establishing, codifying
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
mandatingsuggesting
Offering an idea indirectly
requesting · recommending · permitting · allowing · proposing
mandatingbanning
Officially prohibiting something
prohibiting · forbidding · outlawing · proscribing · barring
mandatingrepealing
Abolishing enacted legislation
rescinding · revoking · lifting · deregulating · abolishing
command, demand, mandate, commander, mandatory, demands, mandated, countermand, commandment