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    GAG RULE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative bodyplay

    Synonyms:

    closure; cloture; gag law; gag rule

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("gag rule" is a kind of...):

    order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gag rule"):

    closure by compartment; guillotine (closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill)

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