authorization

noun

au·​tho·​ri·​za·​tion ˌȯ-th(ə-)rə-ˈzā-shən 

1

: the act of authorizing

2

: an instrument that authorizes : sanction

Synonyms of authorization

• permission
• consent
• granting

Examples of authorization in a Sentence

you will need the authorization of the council before you can act

his authorization to go ahead with the project was finally given

Recent Examples on the Web

Because the Constitution grants Congress, not the President, the power to tax, Katyal said, any congressional authorization for the President to impose tariffs must be given explicitly. —Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025

But Indig claims the team's own security team had given them authorization to enter the city. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025

According to the indictment, prosecutors allege Bolton retained and transmitted national defense materials without authorization, including personal diary-style notes describing sensitive government matters. —Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

The strike authorization won 92% of votes, according to Starbucks Workers United. —Amelia Lucas,kate Rogers, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English auctorisation "legal validation of a document," borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French auctorisacion "authorization," borrowed from Medieval Latin auctōrizātiōn-, auctōrizātiō "recognition as authoritative, authorization," from auctōrizāre "to authorize" + Latin -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing authorization

• emergency use authorization
• pre-authorization

Rhymes for authorization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration