disauthorizing
Stripping official sanction
Disauthorizing is the act of revoking or withdrawing authority from someone or something.
An institution might disauthorize a representative who overstepped their role, or a governing body might disauthorize a previously approved procedure.
The word implies that authorization once existed and is now being rescinded: The board voted to disauthorize the committee's spending powers.
Officially canceling authorization
- rescindingFormally canceling or withdrawing
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
- retractingWithdrawing a statement
- cancelingRevoking a prior arrangement
annulling · nullifying · suspending · terminating · countermanding · abolishing · discontinuing · invalidating
Removing capacity to act
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- deposingRemoving from authority
- dethroningRemoving from power
- oustingForcible removal from position
removing · demoting · displacing · unseating · dispossessing · disenfranchising · marginalizing · sidelining
Damaging another's reputation
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- delegitimizingRemoving perceived rightfulness
- disqualifyingRendering unfit to compete
- challengingHard to accomplish
questioning · disputing · contesting · doubting · impugning · weakening · eroding · destabilizing
revoking
Officially canceling authorization
- rescindingFormally canceling or withdrawing
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
- retractingWithdrawing a statement
canceling · annulling · nullifying · suspending · terminating · countermanding · abolishing · discontinuing · invalidating · voiding
disempowering
Removing capacity to act
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- deposingRemoving from authority
- dethroningRemoving from power
ousting · removing · demoting · displacing · unseating · dispossessing · disenfranchising · marginalizing · sidelining · excluding
discrediting
Damaging another's reputation
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- delegitimizingRemoving perceived rightfulness
- disqualifyingRendering unfit to compete
challenging · questioning · disputing · contesting · doubting · impugning · weakening · eroding · destabilizing · subverting
disauthorizingauthorizing
Granting official permission
empowering · sanctioning · enabling · permitting · commissioning
disauthorizingcertifying
Officially confirming as true
validating · legitimizing · accrediting · endorsing · ratifying
disauthorizingauthorizing
Granting official permission
permitting · sanctioning · licensing · approving · allowing
author, authority, authorize, authorized, unauthorized, authoritative, authorization, authorizing, authorizes