Definition of 'authorization'

Noun

1. a document giving an official instruction or command
      Synonyms: mandate authorisation
2. 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"
      Synonyms: authority authorisation potency dominance say-so
3. official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"
      Synonyms: authority authorisation sanction
4. the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
      Synonyms: authorisation empowerment

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