mitzvah

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mitz=vah

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mitzvah, n. (pl. mitzvoth) in Judaism:
1 a precept or commandment.
2 a good deed done from religious duty.

Etymology

Heb. miswah commandment

THESAURUS

mitzvah

act of grace, act of kindness, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, blessing, canon, code, commandment, convention, courtesy, dictum, favor, form, formula, general principle, golden rule, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, labor of love, law, maxim, mercy, moral, norm, obligation, office, ordinance, principium, principle, regulation, rubric, rule, service, settled principle, standard, tenet, turn, working principle, working rule