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AUTHORISATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
Synonyms:
authorisation; authorization; empowerment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("authorisation" is a kind of...):
direction; management (the act of managing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "authorisation"):
sanction (the act of final authorization)
license; permission; permit (the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization)
certification; enfranchisement (the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on)
commission; commissioning (the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions)
delegating; delegation; deputation; relegating; relegation (authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions)
loan approval (formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank))
rubber stamp (routine authorization of an action without questions)
Derivation:
authorise (grant authorization or clearance for)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Official permission or approval
Example:
authority for the program was renewed several times
Synonyms:
authorisation; authority; authorization; sanction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("authorisation" is a kind of...):
permission (approval to do something)
Derivation:
authorise (grant authorization or clearance for)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The power or right to give orders or make decisions
Example:
a place of potency in the state
Synonyms:
authorisation; authority; authorization; dominance; potency; say-so
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("authorisation" is a kind of...):
control (power to direct or determine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "authorisation"):
power of appointment (authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property)
carte blanche (complete freedom or authority to act)
command (the power or authority to command)
imperium (supreme authority; absolute dominion)
lordship (the authority of a lord)
muscle (authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way))
sovereignty (the authority of a state to govern another state)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A document giving an official instruction or command
Synonyms:
authorisation; authorization; mandate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("authorisation" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Attribute:
authorised; authorized (endowed with authority)
unauthorised; unauthorized (not endowed with authority)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
