Authority and Justification

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Justification and authority are semantically related in permission topic. In some cases you can use "Justification" instead a noun "Authority".

Justification noun - An explanation that frees one from fault or blame.

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Authority and justification are semantically related in permission topic. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Justification".

good	good authority	good justification
full	full authority	full justification
considerable	considerable authority	considerable justification
legal	legal authority	legal justification
Other adjectives: proper, actual, real, little, moral, major, religious, sole, political, less, primary.

She believes that the justification for all authority is rooted in the use of force.

Source: Just For Fun / Trope-tan
This, of course, means that the authority figures on this show can behave like jerks and use this justification as an excuse to avoid having to change their behavior; after all, it is in authority figure's nature to be unfair, so they are not to be subject to criticism when they behave so.

Source: Appeal to Inherent Nature
However, in kayfabe, any wrestler that goes undefeated for a long period of time would have to be put in championship title picture situations; there's no logical justification for an authority figure not to do this.

Source: Metaphorically True

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