Dictation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down the act of ordering or commanding orders given in an overbearing manner
Bidding
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To issue a command; to tell.
Example sentence: How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination.