Main entry: authorisation, authority, authorization, sanction
Definition: official permission or approval
Usage: authority for the program was renewed several times
Main entry: dominance, potency, say-so, authorisation, authority, authorization
Definition: the power or right to give orders or make decisions
Usage: he has the authority to issue warrants; deputies are given authorization to make arrests; a place of potency in the state
Main entry: sureness, assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence
Definition: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
Usage: his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular; after that failure he lost his confidence; she spoke with authority
Main entry: authority
Definition: an authoritative written work
Usage: this book is the final authority on the life of Milton
Main entry: government agency, federal agency, office, bureau, authority, agency
Definition: an administrative unit of government
Usage: the Central Intelligence Agency; the Census Bureau; Office of Management and Budget; Tennessee Valley Authority
Main entry: authority
Definition: an expert whose views are taken as definitive
Usage: he is an authority on corporate law
Main entry: authority
Definition: (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
Usage: the authorities have issued a curfew