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Commission

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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Broader term 20

Assignment 76% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Authorization 76% connected

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

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Authorize 76% connected

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

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Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Bidding 76% connected

of Bid

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Certificate 76% connected

A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

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Certification 76% connected

The act of certifying.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Credential 76% connected

Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.

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Crime 76% connected

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

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Dictation 76% connected

The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

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Equip 76% connected

To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide wi…

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Fee 76% connected

property; possession; tenure.

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Outfit 76% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Conservancy 76% connected

Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.

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Embassy 76% connected

The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning s…

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Jury 76% connected

For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.

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Mandate 76% connected

An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

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Misdirection 76% connected

The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

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Pac 76% connected

A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper.

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Panel 76% connected

A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

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Subcommittee 76% connected

An under committee; a part or division of a committee.

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Vestry 76% connected

A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business…

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commissioner 74% connected

A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him;…

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Commissioner 74% connected

A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him;…

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Entrust 74% connected

See Intrust.

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Entrust 74% connected

See Intrust.

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Missioner 74% connected

A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6.

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Missioner 74% connected

A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6.

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Perpetrate 74% connected

To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a fou…

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Perpetrate 74% connected

To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a fou…

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Member part 1

Commissioner 70% connected

A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him;…

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Synonym 10

Charge 92% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commissioning 92% connected

of Commission

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Committal 92% connected

The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.

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Committee 92% connected

One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collecti…

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Delegacy 92% connected

The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.

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Delegation 92% connected

The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

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Deputation 92% connected

The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.

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Direction 92% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Mission 92% connected

The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

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Perpetration 92% connected

The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.

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