authorization.

Permission granted by a person or body with the authority to allow an action.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• prior authorization
• written authorization

On the page

Access to the records required written authorization from the responsible office.

The team’s ability to download the file did not constitute authorization to publish it.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular authorization; plural authorizations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, comparison, evaluation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional studies. Commonness: common.