Authorization and Declination
Opposite meaning words
Authorization
Authorization noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.
Declination is an antonym for authorization.
Declination
Declination noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.
Usage example: congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors
Authorization is an antonym for declination.
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Declination and Authorization. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorization/declination
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