1. A document giving an official instruction or command
   - mandate, authorisation [Brit] 
2. The power or right to give orders or make decisions
   "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"
   - authority, authorisation [Brit], potency, dominance, say-so 
3. Official permission or approval
   - authority, authorisation [Brit], sanction 
4. The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
   - authorisation [Brit], empowerment

Derived forms: authorizations

See also: authorised [Brit], authorize, authorized, unauthorised [Brit], unauthorized

Type of: control, direction, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, management, official document, permission

Encyclopedia: Authorization

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