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Authority   /əθˈɔrəti/   Listen
Authority

noun
(pl. authorities)
1.
The power or right to give orders or make decisions.  Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so.  "Deputies are given authorization to make arrests" , "A place of potency in the state"
2.
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others.
3.
An expert whose views are taken as definitive.
4.
Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.  Synonyms: assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness.  "After that failure he lost his confidence" , "She spoke with authority"
5.
An administrative unit of government.  Synonyms: agency, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office.  "The Census Bureau" , "Office of Management and Budget" , "Tennessee Valley Authority"
6.
Official permission or approval.  Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, sanction.
7.
An authoritative written work.



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... will see her, if you please," said Mr. Prendergast, entering the passage without her invitation. Not that he pushed in with roughness, but she receded before the authority of his tone, and obeyed the command which she read in his eye. The poor young woman hesitated as though it had been her intention to declare that Mrs. Swan was not within; but if so, she had not strength to carry out her purpose, for in the next moment Mr. Prendergast ...
— Castle Richmond • Anthony Trollope
... (250-300 B.C.), teaches us that the Mahratti territory spreads up to the wall of Chandvad or Chandor, and that the Kandesh country begins on the other side of the river. But English people do not believe in Tatva or in any other authority and want us to learn that Kandesh begins right at the foot of ...
— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
... there was often need for it, since the German Government was now developing that habit of 'rattling its sword', and threatening its neighbours with war, which disquieted Europe for another forty years. The worst crisis came in 1875, when Morier heard on good authority that the military clique at Berlin were gaining ground, and seemed likely to persuade the Emperor William to force on a second war, expressly to prevent France recovering its strength. In general the credit for checking this sinister move is given to the Tsar; but English influences ...
— Victorian Worthies - Sixteen Biographies • George Henry Blore
... property to Mountjoy, although Mountjoy must be aware of the great difficulties which would be thrown in his way by his father's conduct. But Jones had to come back the next day with an intimation that Mountjoy had again gone abroad, leaving full authority with Mr. Barry. ...
— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope
... it is not the business of the police to provoke this enormous scandal. All authority will be destroyed. It will shatter the respect of the masses for the ...
— Moral • Ludwig Thoma


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