gag rule

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   a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

   Synonymsclosurecloturegag law

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Questions about gag rule

What does gag rule mean?

gag rule means "a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body".

What is another word for gag rule?

Close synonyms include closure, cloture, gag law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gag rule a common word?

gag rule is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.