| Commandment 1. (n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. 2. (n.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. 3. (n.) The act of commanding; exercise of authority. 4. (n.) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. Thesaurus Entries behest, bidding, canon, code, command, convention, dictate, dictation, dictum, direct order, form, formula, general principle, golden rule, guideline, guiding principle, hest, imperative, law, maxim, mitzvah, moral, norm, order, ordinance, pleasure, principium, principle, regulation, rubric, rule, say-so, settled principle, special order, standard, tenet, will, word, word of command, working principle, working rule |