Definition of authority

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Authority (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities..

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Placard :: Placard (n.) Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something..
Sovereign :: Sovereign (a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion..
Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer..
Captain :: Captain (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team..
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..
Master :: Master (v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue..
Authorization :: Authorization (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
Dominion :: Dominion (n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy..
Annul :: Annul (a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority..
Biblical :: Biblical (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority..
Contumacious :: Contumacious (a.) Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
Authority :: Authority (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..
Rebel :: Rebel (v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician..
Coordinateness :: Coordinateness (n.) The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority.
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Exile :: Exile (n.) Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice..
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage..
Associate :: Associate (a.) Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge..
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