EMPOWERMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does empowerment mean? 

• EMPOWERMENT (noun)
  The noun EMPOWERMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

  Familiarity information: EMPOWERMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPOWERMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

authorisation; authorization; empowerment

Hypernyms ("empowerment" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "empowerment"):

sanction (the act of final authorization)

license; permission; permit (the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization)

certification; enfranchisement (the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on)

commission; commissioning (the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions)

delegating; delegation; deputation; relegating; relegation (authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions)

loan approval (formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank))

rubber stamp (routine authorization of an action without questions)

Derivation:

empower (give or delegate power or authority to)