Definitions For Authority

noun

• Official permission or approval
• The power or right to give orders or make decisions
• Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
• An authoritative written work
• An administrative unit of government
• An expert whose views are taken as definitive
• (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
• The power to give orders or make decisions : the power or right to direct or control someone or something
• The confident quality of someone who knows a lot about something or who is respected or obeyed by other people
• A quality that makes something seem true or real