Authority

Definition:

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
• (n.) Testimony; witness.
• (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
• (n.) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
• (n.) Justification; warrant.

Compare authority with other words:

authority vs. regulator

authority vs. committee

authority vs. official

authority vs. integrity

authority vs. resource

authority vs. boss

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agency vs. authority

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authority vs. decretive

authority vs. libertinism

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authority vs. competence

authority vs. centralized

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authority vs. overlord

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authority vs. insubordinate

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authority vs. unwarranted

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authentically vs. authority

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authority vs. obedient

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authority vs. charter

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authority vs. etiquette

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anathema vs. authority

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authority vs. command

authority vs. content

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authority vs. bounty

authority vs. selective

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appeal vs. authority

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anarchist vs. authority

apocryphal vs. authority

admiralty vs. authority

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authority vs. lady

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anarchism vs. authority

authority vs. delegate

authority vs. principality

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authoritarian vs. authority

authority vs. authorization

authority vs. government

author vs. authority

authority vs. enforce

authority vs. power

authority vs. lead

authority vs. unit

authority vs. capital

authority vs. sanction

authority vs. god

anarchy vs. authority

authority vs. invest