[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]