5
dictates(noun, verb, compels)
3
authorities
3
commissions(noun, verb, delegates)
2
authorizations
2
behests
2
commands
2
compels(verb, compels, requires)
2
compulsions(noun, requirements, obligations)
2
constraints(noun, requirements, obligations)
2
decrees
2
delegates(noun, verb)
2
demands(noun, obligations)
2
fiats
2
imperatives(noun, requirements)
2
inexorabilities(noun, requirements, obligations)
2
injunctions
2
instructions
2
necessities(noun, requirements, obligations)
2
obligations(noun, requirements, obligations)
2
orders
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