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Main Entry: mandate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authority, order

Synonyms:

authorization, behest, bidding, blank check, carte blanche, charge, command, commission, decree, dictate, directive, edict, fiat, go-ahead, green light, imperative, injunction, instruction, okay*, precept, sanction, warrant, word*

Antonyms:

denial, veto
Main Entry: approval
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authorization

Synonyms:

acquiescence, assent, bells, blessing, compliance, concurrence, confirmation, consent, countenance, endorsement, go-ahead, green light, leave, license, mandate, okay, permission, ratification, recommendation, sanction, support, the nod, validation

Antonyms:

disapproval, opposition, refusal, rejection
Main Entry: approve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: allow, authorize

Synonyms:

accede, accept, accredit, acquiesce, advocate, affirm, agree, assent, authorize, back*, bless*, boost, buy, buy into, certify, charter, concur, confirm, consent, dig*, empower, encourage, endorse, establish, get behind, give go-ahead, go along with, groove*, hats off to, lap up, license, maintain, make law, make valid, mandate, okay, permit, pronounce, push for, ratify, recommend, sanction, seal, second, sign, sign off on, stump for, subscribe to, support, thumbs up, uphold, validate

Antonyms:

disallow, disapprove, invalidate, oppose, refuse, reject
Main Entry: behest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order; personal decree

Synonyms:

bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, expressed desire, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prompting, request, solicitation, wish, word
Notes: behest is a stronger term than request
Main Entry: bidding
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: command

Synonyms:

behest, call, charge, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, mandate, order, request, summons, word

Antonyms:

answer
Main Entry: charge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: command

Synonyms:

behest, bidding, dictate, direction, exhortation, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, word
Main Entry: colony
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: community

Synonyms:

antecedents, clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, new land, offshoot, outpost, possession, protectorate, province, satellite, settlement, subject state, swarm, territory
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: directive, instruction

Synonyms:

act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ

Antonyms:

contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation
Main Entry: commission
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: task, duty

Synonyms:

agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work
Main Entry: delegate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give authority; empower

Synonyms:

accredit, appoint, assign, authorize, cast, charge, choose, commission, constitute, depute, deputize, designate, elect, give nod, invest, license, mandate, name, nominate, ordain, place trust in, select, swear in, warrant

Antonyms:

keep
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