5
proviso(noun, adjective, form, fix, pass)
5
requirement(noun, form, order, charge, fix)
4
acute(adjective, important, extreme, serious, essential)
4
aggressive(adjective, authoritative, domineering)
4
basic(noun, adjective, important, significant, essential)
4
behest(noun, order, charge, rule, command)
4
charge(noun, order, rule, command, demand)
4
commandment(noun, law, regulation, order, charge)
4
commitment(noun, obligation, necessity)
4
constraining(adjective, required, obligatory)
4
despotic(arrogant, haughty, dominant, oppressive, domineering)
4
directive(noun, law, regulation, order, charge)
4
dogmatic(adjective, arrogant, haughty, commanding, oppressive)
4
dominant(adjective, superior, authoritative, controlling)
4
exacting(adjective, severity)
4
imperative mood(noun, expression, idiom)
4
magisterial(adjective, offensive, rude, breezy, arrogant)
4
mode(noun, adjective)
4
oppressive(adjective, severity, arrogant, haughty, dominant)
4
ordinance(noun, law, regulation, order, charge)
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