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

Derived forms: authorisations

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

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

Encyclopedia: Authorisation