What's The Definition Of Authority?
[n] official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"
[n] the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"
[n] freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
[n] an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"
[n] an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
[n] an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law"
[n] (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Authority: agency |
assurance |
authorisation |
authorization |
bureau |
confidence |
dominance |
federal agency |
government agency |
office |
sanction |
say-so |
self-assurance |
self-confidence |
sureness
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adept |
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Admirable Crichton |
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arbiter elegantiarum |
arbiter of taste |
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artisan |
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artiste |
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be-all and end-all |
beef |
bill of health |
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care |
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clutches |
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conduct |
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justness |
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legation |
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lover of wisdom |
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mahatma |
main force |
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mana |
management |
managery |
managing |
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maven |
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mentor |
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most |
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navicert |
ne plus ultra |
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no slouch |
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officials |
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pro |
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public relations officer |
publisher |
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technical adviser |
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television |
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tout |
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vim |
virility |
virtue |
virtuoso |
virulence |
visa |
vise |
vitality |
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warrant |
warranty |
wattage |
weight |
weightiness |
whip hand |
wise man |
wise old man |
witness |
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word |
zenith
See Also | abrogator |
administrative body |
administrative unit |
adviser |
advisor |
AEC |
allocator |
approver |
Atomic Energy Commission |
authoriser |
authority figure |
authorizer |
book |
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms |
Bureau of Customs |
Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Bureau of the Census |
carte blanche |
Census Bureau |
Center for Disease Control |
central bank |
Central Intelligence Agency |
certainty |
child welfare agency |
child welfare service |
Church Father |
CIA |
civil authority |
cognoscenti |
command |
Comptroller of the Currency |
connoisseur |
consultant |
control |
distributor |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EPA |
evaluator |
executive agency |
expert |
Father |
FBI |
FDA |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Federal Housing Administration |
FHA |
Food and Drug Administration |
Foreign Service |
human |
ICC |
individual |
Inland Revenue |
Internal Revenue Service |
Interstate Commerce Commission |
IR |
IRS |
judge |
last word |
liturgist |
local authority |
lordship |
mandator |
Manhattan Project |
master |
mortal |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
National Labor Relations Board |
National Park Service |
National Weather Service |
NRC |
NRLB |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Ordnance Survey |
organ |
OSHA |
pacha |
pasha |
patent office |
permission |
person |
power of appointment |
professional |
rebuker |
redevelopment authority |
regulatory agency |
regulatory authority |
reproacher |
reprover |
SEC |
secret service |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
Selective Service |
Selective Service System |
Social Security Administration |
somebody |
someone |
soul |
UN agency |
United Nations agency |
upbraider |
weather bureau |
withdrawer
Authority In Webster's Dictionary
\Au*thor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Authorities}. [OE. autorite,
auctorite, F. autorit['e], fr. L. auctoritas, fr. auctor. See
{Author}, n.]
1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act;
power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or
trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the
authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over
children; the authority of a court.
Thus can the demigod, Authority, Make us pay down
for our offense. --Shak.
By what authority doest thou these things ? --Matt.
xxi. 23.
2. Government; the persons or the body exercising power or
command; as, the local authorities of the States; the
military authorities. [Chiefly in the plural.]
3. The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem;
influence of character, office, or station, or mental or
moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or
obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of
great authority.
4. That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in
support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. Hence:
(a) Testimony; witness. ``And on that high authority had
believed.'' --Milton.
(b) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official
declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement
worthy to be taken as a precedent.
(c) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the
author of the book.
(d) Justification; warrant.
Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern
Authority for sin, warrant for blame. --Shak.
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