entitling
Giving legal permission
Entitling is giving someone a right or claim to something: The coupon is entitling you to a free drink.
More commonly, entitling means giving a title or name: She's entitling her memoir "Unfinished Business".
The participial adjective form appears in phrases like the entitling document or the entitling act.
Granted right to act
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
certification · accreditation · validation · sanction · approval · endorsement · permit · warrant
Formal name or title
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- appellationName or title given
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- monikerInformal designation for someone
epithet · denomination · branding · tag · nickname · heading · caption · billing
Written property conveyance
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- estateProperty and grounds
rights · tenure · possession · equity · freehold · leasehold · conveyance · vesting
Morally proper or entitled
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- accessRight to enter
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
prerogative · claim · exemption · immunity · dispensation · birthright · perquisite · advantage
permission
Granted right to act
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- consentVoluntary agreement given
empowerment · certification · accreditation · validation · sanction · approval · endorsement · permit · warrant · licence
designation
Formal name or title
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- appellationName or title given
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
moniker · epithet · denomination · branding · tag · nickname · heading · caption · billing · crediting
deed
Written property conveyance
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
estate · rights · tenure · possession · equity · freehold · leasehold · conveyance · vesting · bequest
right
Morally proper or entitled
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- accessRight to enter
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
qualification · prerogative · claim · exemption · immunity · dispensation · birthright · perquisite · advantage · merit
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
entitlingdisqualifying
Rendering unfit to compete
disallowing · forbidding · barring · banning · debarring
title, titles, entitle, entitled, entitlement, titling, titular, entitles, untitled