promulgates

Puts into effect

Promulgates means to make something widely known, especially by official announcement.

A government promulgates new laws or regulations; a religious authority promulgates doctrine.

The word carries formal weight—you promulgate edicts and decrees, not casual opinions.

The FDA promulgated new guidelines for food labeling.

announce

proclaim

Declare officially and openly

herald · trumpet · blazon · pronounce · communicate · disseminate · circulate · publish · unveil · disclose

disseminate

spread

To distribute widely

transmit · diffuse · broadcast · proliferate · disperse · permeate · convey · relay · communicate · publicize

legislate

enact

Pass into law

  • decreeAuthoritative legal command
  • ordainConfer clerical authority
  • codifyOrganize into formal rules

ratify · mandate · authorize · sanction · prescribe · regulate · establish · institute · formalize · validate

doctrine

dogma

Unchallengeable official beliefs

  • creedStatement of belief
  • canonAccepted authoritative works
  • tenetHeld principle or doctrine

precept · teaching · orthodoxy · catechism · edict · decree · dictum · ruling · directive · pronouncement

Opposites
disclosure and dissemination

promulgatesconceals

Keeps from being seen

withholds · suppresses · hides · censors · covers up

legal/official action

promulgatesrepeals

Formally annuls laws

revokes · rescinds · nullifies · abrogates · annuls

Family

promulgate, promulgation, promulgated, promulgating, promulgators

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