authorizationnoun [ C or U ]
UK usually authorisation uk/ˌɔː.θər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.θɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/official permission for something to happen, or the act of giving someone official permission to do something:
Medical records cannot be disclosed without authorization from the patient.
[ + to infinitive ] The authorization to sell the shares arrived too late.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorize
- be my guest! idiom
- concession
- green
- leave
- let
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- OK
- open the floodgates idiom
- permissible
- sanction
- submit
- variance
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