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Antonyms for empowermentem·pow·er·ment

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  1. authorization, authorisation, empowermentnoun

    the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

    Synonyms:
    potency, authorization, sanction, authority, say-so, authorisation, dominance, mandate

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  1. subjugate

    opposite of empower

    instead of empowering his employees, he subjugated them.

    Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  

How to use empowerment in a sentence?

  1. Jose Baez:

    While it is clear from the video that De'Andre Johnson was not the initial aggressor, his family wants to take the lead in helping him learn and grow from this experience. He is currently participating in community service, and faith-based programs focused on battered women, substance abuse, and the empowerment of children, de'Andre is extremely embarrassed by this situation and would like to express his heartfelt apologies to everyone, including those who were directly affected, coach Fisher and his teammates, the entire Florida State University community, as well as his family and friends.

  2. Jack Dorsey:

    We built the Square brand for our Seller business, which is where it belongs, block is a new name, but our purpose of economic empowerment remains the same.

  3. Greg Abbott:

    Some have suggested this will be used for parental empowerment and things like that, all of that is completely separate from what’s happening with HISD.

  4. Yahya Al-Saud:

    I am surprised by the media attention of #SitDownHind, by the end of the day what Yahya Al-Saud did probably was for the advantage of the female, and not for the disadvantage of the female. It triggered a very important issue that we as Jordanians specifically, and Arabs in general, we are not taking women empowerment that seriously.

  5. Selena Gomez:

    All these girls, all the angels are so empowering and so confident and comfortable in their skin, i think that's such a great thing to be surrounded by because that's what you want to feel like no matter who you are or what you feel like -- it's that kind of empowerment that you love.

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