Authorization and Outlawing

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Authorization noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.

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Outlawing is an antonym for authorization.

Outlawing noun - The act of ordering that something not be done or used.

Usage example: the outlawing of open containers of beer in moving vehicles is intended to reduce drunk driving

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Authorization is an antonym for outlawing.

Nearby Words: outlaw, outlawed

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Outlawing and Authorization. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorization/outlawing

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