EMPOWERMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

Synonyms:

authorisation; authorization; empowerment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("empowerment" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "empowerment"):

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)

Derivation:

empower (give or delegate power or authority to)