The action of authorizing a person or thing; formal permission or approval; an instance of this. Also: the action of making legally valid.

= ratihabition, n.

Approval, sanction, esp. of a criminal or criminal act; an instance of this.

Permission or liberty, esp. formally granted, to do a particular thing. Obsolete.

The action of allowing; permission granted by authority, licence. Obsolete.

The action of allowing; licence, permission granted by an authority. Obsolete.

Authorization, permission, sanction.

Approval, permission (see clear, v. 11c); spec. permission (from the control-tower) to land or take off in an aircraft. Originally U.S.