Authority and Keeping

Authority

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

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

Keeping noun - The fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal.

Usage example: my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping

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Authority and keeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Keeping".

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

old	old authority	old keeping
good	good authority	good keeping
full	full authority	full keeping
total	total authority	total keeping
Other adjectives: true, single, great, civil, secret, new, major, less, last.

Token Good Teammate: Otto is repeatedly shown to be a good person, never overstepping his authority and even keeping things from his superiors to keep the children safe.

Source: Western Animation / The Long Long Holiday
This version shows him keeping his head in battle while scoring several kills with his lance, thus making his position of authority seem much more deserved.

Source: Anime / Berserk: The Golden Age Arc
Like them or not, without Internal Affairs keeping the worst excesses of police authority and corruption in check, things wouldn't be very pleasant.

Source: Internal Affairs

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