Entry Word: commission

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the granting of power to perform various acts or duties <President Jeffersonʼs commission to Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory>

Synonyms accreditation, authorization, delegation, license (or licence), mandate

Related Words commendation, consignment, entrustment; facilitation, fostering, promotion; commanding, directing, ordering

2 the doing of an action <a single burglar was responsible for the commission of all the break-ins>

Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment, implementation, performance, perpetration

Related Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)

Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance

3 a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter <reported to a UN commission> — see committee
4 the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty <her commission as head of the investigation> — see appointment 1