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Authorization   /ˌɔθərəzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Authorization

noun
1.
A document giving an official instruction or command.  Synonyms: authorisation, mandate.
2.
The power or right to give orders or make decisions.  Synonyms: authorisation, authority, dominance, potency, say-so.  "Deputies are given authorization to make arrests" , "A place of potency in the state"
3.
Official permission or approval.  Synonyms: authorisation, authority, sanction.
4.
The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant.  Synonyms: authorisation, empowerment.






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"Authorization" Quotes from Famous Books



... commercial intercourse with the enemy is entirely inconsistent with a state of war, and that the law of 1864 had for its object the encouragement of the insurgents themselves to bring their products to us, and not the authorization of persons to roam through the insurrectionary districts and purchase their products ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. • Grover Cleveland

... necessary course was to justify himself by the authority of God. He could not then deny the same authority to the minor ecclesiasts, even if he had wished to. And, finally, when the evil circle spread to the man on the fringe of the Church—who could not obtain even such poor authorization for his perfidy he found a way to perpetrate a pretended plural marriage with his victim, and the Church authorities did not dare ...
— Under the Prophet in Utah - The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft • Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins

... Catholic sovereigns requested from the pope authorization for the appointment by themselves of inquisitors to root out this heresy. A bull for the purpose was granted them, and on September 27, 1480, the Spanish Inquisition was established at Seville. In January, 1481, it began its work, ...
— European Background Of American History - (Vol. I of The American Nation: A History) • Edward Potts Cheyney

... also authorization for the detail of officers of the regular service as military ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. • Grover Cleveland

... article through local dealer on reader's authorization. With such an authorization, the advertiser has a good opening to ...
— Business Correspondence • Anonymous


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