precept[noun]Synonyms: rule, canon, command, commandment, decree, instruction, law, order, principle, regulation, statute
Antonyms: practice, counsel
Related Words: axiom,
fundamental,
principle,
doctrine,
dogma,
tenet,
behest,
bidding,
injunction [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pre‧cept /ˈpriːsept/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: praeceptum, from praecipere 'to take beforehand, give instruction to']
formal a rule on which a way of thinking or behaving is based:
basic moral precepts [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲