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Authority is the right and duty to act and make decisions. This always has a scope, that ranges from personal autonomy to the recognized leadership of large scale societies, systems and organizations. Authority can be a formal thing that is recognized by law or it can be an informal thing such as the influence of an expert in a domain. The following are common words for authority.
Accountability | Authorization | Charismatic Authority | Command | Commission | Control | Decree | Delegated Authority | Direction | Directive | Discretion | Duty | Entitlement | Entrusted | Executive | Expert | Formal Authority | Governance | Influence | Informal Authority | Jurisdiction | Leadership | Legal Authority | License | Management | Mandate | Obligation | Office | Order | Permit | Policy | Position | Positional Authority | Power | Recognized | Respect | Responsibility | Right | Role | Rule | Say | Sovereignty | Status | Sway | Traditional Authority | Trusted | Warrant |
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| Type | | | Definition | The right and duty to act and make decisions within a particular scope. | | Related Concepts | |
Authority
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