natural law

English Thesaurus

1. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	concept, conception, construct,
definition	:	an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	divine law,
definition	:	a law that is believed to come directly from God (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	principle,
definition	:	a basic truth or law or assumption (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	sound law,
definition	:	a law describing sound changes in the history of a language (noun.cognition)