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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization on paper |
| Synonyms: | admission, badge, board, card, certificate, check, chit, coupon, credential, docket, document, invite, key, label, license, marker, note, notice, open sesame, paper, pass, passage, passport, password, permit, raincheck, receipt, record, slip, sticker, stub, tab, tag, token, voucher |
| Main Entry: | tolerance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | open-mindedness |
| Synonyms: | altruism, benevolence, broad-mindedness, charity, clemency, compassion, concession, endurance, forbearance, freedom, good will, grace, humanity, indulgence, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, liberalism, liberality, liberalness, license, magnanimity, mercifulness, mercy, patience, permission, permissiveness, sensitivity, sufferance, sympathy, toleration, understanding |
| Antonyms: | bias, disapproval, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, prejudice |
| Main Entry: | warrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization |
| Synonyms: | accreditation, assurance, authentication, authority, basis, carte blanche, certificate, commission, credential, credentials, ducat, earnest, foundation, go-ahead, green light, guarantee, license, official document, okay*, pass, passport, pawn, permission, permit, pledge, right, sanction, security, shingle, sticker, subpoena, summons, tag, testimonial, ticket, token, verification, warranty, word |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | artistic license |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artistic freedom |
| Synonyms: | license, poetic freedom, poetic license |
| Main Entry: | lenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tolerance |
| Synonyms: | altruism, benevolence, broad-mindedness, charitableness, charity, clemency, compassion, concession, endurance, forbearance, freedom, good will, grace, humanity, indulgence, kindness, leniency, lenity, liberalism, liberality, liberalness, license, magnanimity, mercifulness, mercy, patience, permission, permissiveness, sensitivity, sufferance, sympathy, toleration, understanding |
| Main Entry: | lenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tolerance |
| Synonyms: | altruism, benevolence, broad-mindedness, charitableness, charity, clemency, compassion, concession, endurance, forbearance, freedom, good will, grace, humanity, indulgence, kindness, lenience, leniency, liberalism, liberality, liberalness, license, magnanimity, mercifulness, mercy, patience, permission, permissiveness, sensitivity, sufferance, sympathy, toleration, understanding |
| 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
| Main Entry: | say-so |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authorization, beef, charge, clout*, command, control, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, influence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, leg up, license, mastery, might, might and main, permission, permit, pizzazz*, pow, power, powerhouse, prerogative, prestige, punch*, right, ropes, rule, say*, sovereignty, steam, strength, strong arm, stuff*, supremacy, sway, upper hand, warrant, weight, what it takes, whip hand, word*, zap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptitude, autarchy, autonomy, home rule, license, qualification, self-government, self-reliance, self-rule, self-sufficiency, separation, sovereignty |
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