authority

• "he has the authority to issue warrants"
• "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"
• "a place of potency in the state"

Synonyms

• authorizationa document giving an official instruction or command ; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; official permission or approval; the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
• authorisationa document giving an official instruction or command ; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; official permission or approval; the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
• potencythe power or right to give orders or make decisions; capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; the inherent capacity for coming into being ; the state of being potent
• dominancesuperior development of one side of the body ; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not ; the power or right to give orders or make decisions
• say-soone chap's arbitrary assertion ; an authoritative declaration ; the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• "the authorities have issued a curfew"

• "he is an authority on corporate law"

• "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"

Synonyms

• assurancefreedom from doubt; a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; a statement intended to inspire confidence; a British term for some kinds of insurance
• self-assurancefreedom from doubt
• confidencefreedom from doubt; a feeling of trust (in someone or something); a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; a trustful relationship; a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
• self-confidencefreedom from doubt
• surenessfreedom from doubt; the quality of being steady and unfailing

• "the Central Intelligence Agency"
• "the Census Bureau"
• "Office of Management and Budget"
• "Tennessee Valley Authority"

Synonyms

• agencyan administrative unit of government; a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties ; the state of being in action or exerting power; the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent ; thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
• federal agencyan administrative unit of government
• government agencyan administrative unit of government
• bureauan administrative unit of government; furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
• officeplace of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; an administrative unit of government; the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; professional or clerical workers in an office; a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; a job in an organization

• "authority for the program was renewed several times"

Synonyms

• authorizationa document giving an official instruction or command ; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; official permission or approval; the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
• authorisationa document giving an official instruction or command ; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; official permission or approval; the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
• sanctiongive sanction to; give authority or permission to ; give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; formal and explicit approval; a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards ; official permission or approval; the act of final authorization

• "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"