authorization

Noun

• the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

• official permission or approval
  • authority for the program was renewed several times
    

• 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
    

• a document giving an official instruction or command

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  authorisation , empowerment , authority , sanction , potency , dominance , say-so , mandate