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Freedom from doubt
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authority
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests" [syn: authorization , authorisation , dominance , say-so ] (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) ...
Wikipedia
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The word authority (derived from the Latin word auctoritas ) can be used to mean the right to exercise power given by the State (in the form of government, judges, police officers, etc.), or by academic knowledge of an area (someone that can be an authority ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., autorite "book or quotation that settles an argument," from Old French auctorité "authority, prestige, right, permission, dignity, gravity; the Scriptures" (12c.; Modern French autorité ), from Latin auctoritatem (nominative auctoritas ) "invention, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders. 2 (label en used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a position of power/authority ▪ Many used their positions of power for personal advantage. an education authority (= a government organization that makes official decisions about education in one particular area ) ▪ ...
Usage examples of authority.
That during the existing insurrection, and as a necessary measure for suppressing the same, all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors within the United States, and all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice affording aid and comfort to rebels against the authority of the United States, shall be subject to martial law, and liable to trial and punishment by courts-martial or military commissions.
Carthage, who was invested with civil and military power, provoked the sectaries, and even the Catholics of the Roman province, to abjure the religion as well as the authority of their tyrants.
And aboard this ship a bold look, one that even hints at a challenge to authority, counts as insolence.
Court, in conformity with the aforementioned theories of economics and evolution, was in fact committed to the principle that freedom of contract is the general rule and that legislative authority to abridge the same could be justified only by exceptional circumstances.
But instead of abusing, or exerting, the authority of the state, to revenge his personal injuries, Julian contented himself with an inoffensive mode of retaliation, which it would be in the power of few princes to employ.
Social Democrats have for the most part been treated by the authorities with repressive laws and abusive epithets.
Federal authorities obtained a murder warrant yesterday against fugitive Glenn Alien Abies in the shooting death of Deputy U.
Such treatment by the authorities soon led some socialist leaders to despair of ever achieving their goals by parliamentary means and to embrace more radical ideologies, such as syndicalism and anarchism.
Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power, except where the acquiescence of the people and the States can be considered as well settled.
Secondly, with some, the authority of great minds, renowned for scientific knowledge and speculative acumen, goes far.
For the strict materiality of the fire of hell we might adduce volumes of authorities from nearly every province of the Church.
Many additional authorities in favor of this view might be adduced, enough to balance, at least, the names on the other side.
United States, might not, without any special authority for that purpose, in the then existing state of things, have empowered the officers commanding the armed vessels of the United States, to seize and send into port for adjudication, American vessels which were forfeited by being engaged in this illicit commerce.
The size or bore of the adjutage was strictly regulated by law, and under the authority of the aediles.
He pulls up before a sign: RIVER THAMES WATER AUTHORITY No Admittance At a control barrier Steed inserts a card.