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1. Authority  Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.
2. Authority  Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
3. Authority  The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
4. Authority  That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
5. Authority  Testimony; witness.
6. Authority  A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
7. Authority  A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
8. Authority  Justification; warrant.
9. authority  official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"
10. authority figure  someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else