command synonyms

right government power control management authority lead hold leadership empire grip jurisdiction supervision grasp sovereignty presidency restraint domination lordship constraint royalty supremacy compulsion mastery primacy sway prerogative coercion tyranny dominion ascendancy predominance authorization despotism directorship headship absolutism suzerainty superintendence rulership

will act law call word demand charge rule direction request ban regulation instruction directive warrant canon decree injunction summons imposition bidding mandate prohibition imperative writ citation dictate notification enactment proclamation dictum ordinance caveat behest dictation edict commandment precept requisition subpoena proscription exaction interdiction adjuration Fiat ultimatum requirement order of the day prescript