authorization

authorization
noun
1. a document giving an official instruction or command (Freq. 5)
• Syn: ↑mandate, ↑authorisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mandate (for: ↑mandate)
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Attrubites: ↑authorized, ↑authorised, ↑unauthorized, ↑unauthorised
2. the power or right to give orders or make decisions
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he has the authority to issue warrants

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deputies are given authorization to make arrests

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a place of potency in the state

• Syn: ↑authority, ↑authorisation, ↑potency, ↑dominance, ↑say-so
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dominate (for: ↑dominance), ↑potent (for: ↑potency)
• Hypernyms: ↑control
• Hyponyms:
3. official permission or approval
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authority for the program was renewed several times

• Syn: ↑authority, ↑authorisation, ↑sanction
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sanction (for: ↑sanction), ↑authorise (for: ↑authorisation), ↑authorize
• Hypernyms: ↑permission
4. the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
• Syn: ↑authorisation, ↑empowerment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑empower (for: ↑empowerment), ↑authorise (for: ↑authorisation), ↑authorize
• Hypernyms: ↑management, ↑direction
• Hyponyms:

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