Authority

What do we mean by authority?

The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge. noun

One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials. noun

Power assigned to another; authorization. noun

A public agency or corporation with administrative powers in a specified field. noun

An accepted source of expert information or advice. noun

A quotation or citation from such a source. noun

Justification; grounds. noun

A conclusive statement or decision that may be taken as a guide or precedent. noun

Power to influence or persuade resulting from knowledge or experience. noun

Confidence derived from experience or practice; firm self-assurance. noun

Power or admitted right to command or to act, whether original or delegated: as, the authority of a prince over subjects and of parents over children; the authority of an agent to act for his principal. noun

The power derived from opinion, respect, or long-established reputation; influence conferred by character, office, station, mental superiority, or the like; credit: as, the authority of age or example; the authority of Aristotle. noun

Power in a general sense. noun

A person or persons, or a body, exercising power or command: generally in the plural: as, the civil and military authorities. The outward marks of authority; especially, the expression of authority in the countenance. noun

That to which or one to whom an appeal or reference may be made in support of any opinion, action, or course of conduct. noun

Weight of testimony; credibility: as, a historian of no authority; “authority of the Scriptures,” noun

One who possesses adequate knowledge of a subject, and whose opinions or statements may be relied on; an expert; a standard author or his writings: as, an authority in matters pertaining to geology. noun

In law, a precedent; a judicial decision; an official declaration or opinion, such as ought to be followed in similar cases. noun

The power to enforce rules or give orders.

(used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.

A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

A position of power over people. Most people critize authority until they eventially come into power. Then they complain when they are critized. Hypocrites. Urban Dictionary

The man who wants to keep you down Urban Dictionary

What you must respect Urban Dictionary

Something that is widely misunderstood by many ignorant teenagers, dumb skaters, and clueless punks. Knowledge is power, and the authorities of our time have that power, so instead of being morons who have good intentions but don't know a fucking thing about the polotics behind authority, lets all actually go pick up a book, or become and activist and TAKE DOWN THE FUCKING SYSTEM. All of these cockfucks posting about how we "need authority" are bullshitters and close minded dickheads at best. The only thing we "need" in this world is common sense, and therefore authority won't have to provide us with it. Wake up people, and stop being a dickless puppet of the system that many of you claim to "hate". Urban Dictionary

The worst position a legal aldult could have. Urban Dictionary

Ones ability to do somthing. Urban Dictionary

To tell ppl wat to do Urban Dictionary

What people hate but don't realize they cant live without it because people are stupid. Urban Dictionary

The thing that society will always hate and critisize, no matter who is currently 'it'. The thing that keeps people in line. The thing that somehow keeps people recycling and being nice to strangers. This thing is seconded only to Hollywood, which commands much more respect and power. Without it, we would return to being animals, relying only on instincts. Urban Dictionary

A person who writes books, articles, documents etc. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to authority:
authority, authorize, authorise, authorial, authoring, authorism, authorly, autorité.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word authority:
cheshire, regulate, statutory, transit, regulatory, matters, jurisdiction, agency, responsible, bus, regulation, responsibility, decisions, terminal, transportation.

Words that rhyme with authority:
priority, majority, minority, sorority, seniority, superiority, inferiority, supermajority, absolute majority, relative majority, dority, authority e.

Adjectives that are often used to describe authority:
local, political, central, supreme, legal, public, royal, higher, moral, divine, highest, civil, legislative, absolute, competent, full, executive, final, parental, ultimate, religious, judicial, ecclesiastical, legitimate, federal, spiritual, papal, sovereign, administrative, military, governmental, statutory, imperial, proper, constitutional, external, traditional, sole, formal, british, making, regulatory, superior, lawful, sufficient, independent, centralized, paternal, chief, secular, equal, appropriate, male, monetary, official, patriarchal, discretionary, less, temporal, scriptural, unlimited, exclusive, limited, necessary, apostolic, eminent, arbitrary, supervisory, biblical, municipal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective authority:
structure, continued, file, control, bond.

Consonant match to authority:
authority e.

Words that sound like authority:
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