Antonyms for authorize
ˈɔ θəˌraɪzau·tho·rize

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1. authorize

   Antonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

   Synonyms:
   cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. • Permit

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1. authorize, authorise, pass, clearverb

   grant authorization or clearance for

   "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, make, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, light up, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, assoil, solve, occur, die, unclutter, clear up, earn, turn over, go, spend, slide by, exculpate, fade, hand, sack up, legislate, happen, egest, empower, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, gain, make it, return, crystallise, straighten out, discharge, realize, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, pull in, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, enlighten, pass off, net, acquit, give-up the ghost, blow over, take place, crystalise, expire, overhaul, sack, go through, reach, brighten, crystalize, illuminate, communicate, come about, choke, exonerate, pop off, go across, overtake, travel by, glide by, extend, elucidate, decease, take in, fall, pass, pass by, sort out, clear, exit, conk, excrete, buy the farm, crystallize, pass along, bring in, snuff it, go along, surpass, guide, shed light on, realise, pass on

2. empower, authorise, authorizeverb

   give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

   Synonyms:
   invest, authorise, endue, empower, endow, pass, indue, clear, gift

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1. authorizeverb

   Synonyms:
   empower, commission, sanction, warrant, justify, confirm

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1. proscribe

   allow; give permission for; to not proscribe.

   i authorized you to amputate my left foot, but i'm not happy about it.

   Submitted by JP03 on July 22, 2015  

How to use authorize in a sentence?

1. Barack Obama:

   I call on this Congress to show the world that we are united in this mission by passing a resolution to authorize the use of force against ISIL.

2. Jim McGovern:

   We introduced this bipartisan bill to force a debate on how Congress has failed to carry out its Constitutional duty to authorize our military engagement in Iraq and Syria, for over 10 months the United States has been engaged in hostilities in Iraq and Syria without debating an authorization for this war.

3. Ron Johnson:

   You might as well repurpose that, rather than authorize more.

4. Jena Griswold:

   I will not authorize the spending of state resources on travel to Alabama for this training or any other purpose.

5. Peter Kucik:

   There is a lot of breadth to authorize things more broadly than they’ve been authorized, provided that the broad (legislative) contours are adhered to.

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