Synonyms of the word

say-so

• n. Statement that something is so.
• n. (informal) Permission.
• n. Say, voice (in a matter).

affirmation

• n. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
• n. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

assertion

• n. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement…
• n. A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
• n. Maintenance; vindication.
• n. (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point,…

authorisation

• n. Alternative spelling of authorization.

authority

• n. ability to decide, control.
• n. (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
• n. (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
• n. (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
• n. Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

authorization

• n. (uncountable) Permission.
• n. (countable) An act of authorizing.
• n. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
• n. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

declaration

• n. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
• n. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
• n. The act or process of declaring.
• n. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
• n. (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary…
• n. (computing) The specification of a variable's type.

dictum

• n. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
• n. A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not…
• n. The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
• n. An arbitrament or award.

dominance

• n. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
• n. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
• n. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs;…
• n. (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

potency

• n. Strength.
• n. Power.
• n. The ability or capacity to perform something.

pronouncement

• n. An official public announcement.
• n. An utterance.

statement

• n. A declaration or remark.
• n. A presentation of opinion or position.
• n. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
• n. (computing) An instruction in a computer program.
• v. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special…