deputation

commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize (permit)., put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to., employ, empower; set over, place over; send out., be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.