security clearancenoun [ C or U ]
uk/sɪˈkjʊə.rɪ.ti ˌklɪə.rəns/us/sɪˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i ˌklɪr.əns/official permission for a particular person to enter a building or area or to be given an important job, after making certain that they are not a threat:
Some defence jobs require security clearances that are only issued to native-born citizens.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- concession
- green
- leave
- let
- let sb/sth in
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- OK
- open the floodgates idiom
- sanction
- submit
- variance
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