from
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}]