Authority and Cause

Authority

Authority noun - Something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing.

Usage example: I had good authority to believe that the information was correct

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Cause and authority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Authority".

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Authority and cause are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

human	human authority	human cause
good	good authority	good cause
direct	direct authority	direct cause
true	true authority	true cause
Other adjectives: proper, single, actual, real, great, little, moral, supernatural, ultimate, new, major, leading, sole, political, less, official, primary, higher.

Later, he offers to go beyond his authority to help the cause of independence when it looks sunk, but Adams tells him he needs to stay as this trope.

Source: Reasonable Authority Figure
Sometimes, he plays harmless pranks which can cause clueless authority figures to confuse him with his dark counterpart.

Source: Playful Hacker
Homeworld Evacuation: The Authority do this in one arc, evacuating the planet's entire population so as to cause less collateral damage when fighting a superpowered villain.

Source: Comic Book / The Authority

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