Contextualizebeta

verbal authority

noun

Definitions

  1. Right or permission authorized verbally rather than in writing.

    • I acted by verbal authority, even though I couldn't be sure my superior would confirm I'd been authorized.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for verbal authority. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA