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EMPOWERMENT
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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 ("empowerment" is a kind of...):
direction; management (the act of managing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "empowerment"):
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:
empower (give or delegate power or authority to)
