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AUTHORIZATION
authorization, authorisation, empowerment
(noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction
(noun) official permission or approval; “authority for the program was renewed several times”
authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions; “he has the authority to issue warrants”; “deputies are given authorization to make arrests”; “a place of potency in the state”
mandate, authorization, authorisation
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
authorization (countable and uncountable, plural authorizations)
(uncountable) Permission.
(countable) An act of authorizing.
(countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
(government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
Holonyms
• (permission): access control
• (an act of authorizing): access control
• (government): budgeting
Source: Wiktionary
Au`thor*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. autorisation.]
Definition: The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. The authorization of laws. Motley. A special authorization from the chief. Merivale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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