empowerment

1. The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant (synset 101140991)
   is a type of: direction, management - the act of managing something
   subtypes:

   • sanction - the act of final authorization
   • license, permission, permit - the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
   • certification, enfranchisement - the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
   • commission, commissioning - the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
   • delegating, delegation, deputation, relegating, relegation - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
   • loan approval - formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank)
   • rubber stamp - routine authorization of an action without questions
   same as: authorisation, authorization

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