[syn: authorization, authorisation, empowerment]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
authorisation
n 1: a document giving an official instruction or command [syn:
mandate, authorization, 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" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation,
potency, dominance, say-so]
3: official permission or approval; "authority for the program
was renewed several times" [syn: authority,
authorization, authorisation, sanction]
4: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
[syn: authorization, authorisation, empowerment]