3
command(noun, law, regulation, order, rule)
3
commandment(noun, law, regulation, order, rule)
3
criteria
3
guidance(noun, direction)
3
norm
3
prescription(noun, law, regulation, order, rule)
3
tenet(noun, law, regulation, action, order)
3
yardstick(noun, gauge)
2
approach
2
arrangement
2
benchmark
2
bylaw
2
code of conduct(noun, expression, idiom, behavior)
2
convention(rule, belief, principle, policy, tenet)
2
decree(noun, law, regulation, order, rule)
2
design
2
formula(noun, law, regulation, order, rule)
2
guiding principle
2
imperative(noun, law, regulation, belief, decree)
2
injunction(noun, rule, principle, teaching)
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