n.
1) to issue, make, utter a ~
2) to carry out, fulfill a ~
3) to be, constitute, pose a ~
4) a covert; dire, grave, serious; direct; empty, idle; explicit; imminent; implicit; terroristic; veiled ~
5) a security ~
6) a ~ to (to constitute a ~ to the party leadership)
7) a ~ to + inf. (she carried out her ~ to resign)
8) a ~ that + clause (she carried out her ~ that she would resign)
9) under ~ of (under ~ of reprisals)