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noun (n)

• one chap's arbitrary assertion(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• an authoritative declaration(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  dictum, pronouncement
  

  source: wordnet30
• the power or right to give orders or make decisions(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, potency
  

  source: wordnet30