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decretive adjective religion specializeduk /dɪˈkriː.tɪv/ us /dɪˈkriː.t̬ɪv/ with the force of a decree(= an official statement that something must happen): decretive willGod's decretive will is his will that something will be or happen a certain way. Humans can never know the decretive designs of God. They must act in keeping with the decretive will of God. If moral laws were God's decretive will, our free choice would not be involved in obeying them. They accept that God's decretive will also includes the actions of man. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Rules & laws administrative admiralty anti-bribery anti-regulatory anti-sodomy binding blue law invocation juridical juridically juristic land tenure legislation provision Rafferty's rules the law is an assidiom the rule of law uncalled uncanonical unenforceable
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