10 Letter Words for Precedents
precedents, predescent
9 Letter Words for Precedents
decenters, precedent, precented, presenced, presented, pretenced, pretensed, redescent, repetends, respected, sceptered, serpented, spectered
8 Letter Words for Precedents
centered, decenter, decentre, decreets, estreped, percents, perscent, pestered, petersen, precedes, precents, presence, preteens, pretends, pretense, recedent, recensed, renested, repented, repetend, resected, resented, screened, secerned, secreted, terpenes
7 Letter Words for Precedents
cedrene, centers, credens, credent, creeped, creesed, crested, decener, decerns, decrees, decreet, decrete, deepens, deepest, depeter, deprest, descent, deseret, despect, despert, ensteep, entered, entrees, erected, estrepe, needers, pectens, penster, percent, petered, precede, precent, preened, prented, preseen, present, prested, preteen, pretend, recedes, recense, recepts, reested, repents, respect, resteep, retenes, scented, scenter, scepter, scerned, seceder, secrete, serened, serpent, sneered, specter, speeder, speered, spencer, spender, steened, steeped, steepen, steeper, steered, sterned, strepen, teeners, tenders, tendres, tenrecs, terpene
6 Letter Words for Precedents
cedens, cedent, ceders, cendre, censed, censer, center, cepter, cerned, cernes, certes, cetene, creeds, creeps, creese, creped, crepes, ctenes, decene, decent, decern, decerp, decnet, decree, deener, deepen, deeper, denets, denser, denter, dentes, desert, deters, ectene, endere, enders, ensete, enters, entrec, entree, entrep, erects, ernest, espece, eterne, needer, neesed, nepers, nested, nester, pecten, peeces, peened, peered, pences, penest, pensee, perced, percen, perces, perten, pester, peters, petres, preens, prents, presee, preset, recede, recent, recept, reeden, reedes, rented, rentee, rentes, repent, resect, reseed, reseen, resend, resene, resent, rested, restep, retene, scened, scerne, screed, screen, screet, secede, secern, secret, sedent, seeder, seeped, sendee, sender, sented, serene, speece, spence, spreed, sprent, streen, streep, strene, teends, teened, teener, teenes, teered, tender, tendre, tenrec, tensed, tenser, tepees, terces, terned, ternes, terpen, treens, trends
5 Letter Words for Precedents
ceder, cedes, cedre, cense, cents, cepes, cered, ceres, cerne, certs, ceste, cetes, creds, creed, creen, creep, crepe, crept, crest, crete, csnet, ctene, deens, deeps, deere, deets, denes, denet, dense, dents, deres, derns, deter, dreep, drees, drent, drest, dsect, eeten, ender, enets, enter, entre, epees, erect, erept, erned, ernes, esere, espec, ester, estre, etens, needs, neeps, neese, neper, nerds, nerts, neter, netes, pedee, pedes, peece, peens, peers, peert, pence, pends, pened, pense, pents, perce, peres, perns, perse, perst, perts, peste, peter, petre, preed, preen, prees, prent, psend, recpt, redes, reede, reeds, reens, reese, reest, rends, renet, rente, rents, repen, resee, reset, retes, scend, scene, scent, scree, secre, seder, sence, sente, sered, sneed, sneer, snerp, spece, spect, speed, speen, speer, spend, spent, spete, spred, spree, spret, stede, steed, steen, steep, steer, stend, stere, stern, strep, teend, teene, teens, teers, tends, tenes, tense, tepee, terce, terne, terns, terse, treed, treen, trees, trend, tsere
4 Letter Words for Precedents
cede, cees, cene, cens, cent, cepe, ceps, cere, cern, cert, cest, cete, cred, cres, crpe, crts, deen, deep, deer, dees, deet, dene, dens, dent, depe, depr, dept, dere, dern, desc, detn, dree, eden, ende, ends, ened, enes, ense, entr, epee, ered, eres, erne, erns, erse, erst, esne, eten, neds, need, neep, neer, neet, neps, nerd, nese, nest, nete, nets, nsec, pecs, peds, peed, peen, peer, pees, pend, pene, pens, pent, pere, pern, pers, pert, pest, pete, pets, pnce, prec, pred, pree, pres, pret, psec, ptsd, rcpt, recd, recs, rect, rede, reds, reed, reen, rees, reet, rend, rent, reps, rept, resp, rest, retd, rete, rets, scet, sctd, sect, seed, seen, seep, seer, send, sene, sent, sepd, sepn, sept, sere, sert, sned, snee, spec, sped, spet, sted, sten, step, ster, stre, teds, teed, teen, teer, tees, tend, tene, tens, tepe, tern, terp, tree, tres
3 Letter Words for Precedents
cdr, cee, cen, cep, cer, cns, cpd, cpr, cps, cpt, crs, crt, csp, cst, cte, ctn, ctr, cts, dec, dee, den, dep, der, des, det, dpt, dsp, dsr, ect, edp, eds, eec, een, eer, enc, end, ene, ens, erd, ere, ern, ers, ert, esc, esd, ese, esp, esr, est, etc, ned, nee, nep, net, pct, pdn, pec, ped, pee, pen, per, pes, pet, prc, pre, prn, prs, pst, pte, pts, rcd, rct, rec, red, ree, rep, res, rnd, rps, rpt, rte, scd, scr, sct, sec, sed, see, sen, sep, ser, set, spt, std, str, tcp, tdr, tec, ted, tee, ten, ter, tes, tpd, tps, trp, trs, tsp
Definitions for Precedents
[1] Law . a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
[2] any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations.
[3] going or coming before; preceding; anterior.
[4] law a judicial decision that serves as an authority for deciding a later case
[5] an example or instance used to justify later similar occurrences
[6] preceding
Words related to Precedents
precedentcriterion, antecedent, authority, instance, exemplar, model, paradigm
Words nearby Precedents
precedentprecautious, precava, precede, precedence, precedency, precedent, precedented, precedential, preceding, precent, precentor
Origin of Precedents
1350–1400; (adj.) Middle English < Latin praecēdent- (stem of praecēdēns ) present participle of praecēdere to go before, precede (see -ent); (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the adj.
Words that may be confused with Precedents
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, precedentprecedence, precedents, presidents
Other words from Precedents
prec·e·dent·less , adjective
non·prec·e·dent , noun
non·pre·ced·ent , adjective
qua·si-pre·ced·ent , adjective
Synonyms for Precedents
criterion, antecedent, authority, exemplar, instance, model, paradigm