Authority and Potency

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Authority noun - The power or right to give orders or make decisions.

Usage example: he has the authority to issue warrants

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Potency is a synonym for authority. In some cases you can use "Potency" instead a noun "Authority".

Potency noun - The power or right to give orders or make decisions.

Usage example: a place of potency in the state

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Authority is a synonym for potency in power topic. You can use "Authority" instead a noun "Potency", if it concerns topics such as influence, effectiveness, persuasiveness.

Nearby Words: potent, potential, potently

human	human authority	human potency
high	high authority	high potency
full	full authority	full potency
equal	equal authority	equal potency
Other adjectives: considerable, single, real, great, evil, highest, higher.

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