empowerment [em-pou-er]   Example Sentences
Main Entry:
green light
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authorization
Synonyms: OK, agreement, approval, assent, blessing, clearance, consent, dispensation, empowerment, go-ahead, license, nod, permission, rubber stamp, sanction, seal of approval, stamp of approval, thumbs-up
Antonyms: red light, refusal, veto
Main Entry: OK
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: permission
Synonyms: acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, avowal, canonization, carte blanche, concession, concurrence, condonance, condonation, consent, dispensation, empowerment, endorsement, freedom, imprimatur, indulgence, leave, letting, liberty, license, okay*, permit, privilege, promise, recognition, rubber stamp, sanctification, sanction, stamp of approval, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, verification, warrant
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Example Sentences
  • But they do promise a new and meaningful kind of empowerment.
  • Communication is pervasive and focuses on personal empowerment.
  • In a crowded country, where scarce fertile land is valued as gold, such largesse represented undreamt-of empowerment for the poor.
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