plenipotentiary
Fully authorized envoy
A plenipotentiary is a diplomat or agent invested with full authority to act on behalf of a government, especially to negotiate and sign treaties.
The word emphasizes complete power to make binding decisions without seeking approval: The ambassador served as plenipotentiary at the peace conference.
As an adjective, it describes such authority: plenipotentiary powers.
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
- legateOfficial ecclesiastical representative
attaché · chargé d'affaires · minister · representative · nuncio · high commissioner · diplomatic agent · proxy
Binding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
agreement · settlement · compact · pact · peace talks · summit · conference · parley
Formal authoritative directive
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
prerogative · carte blanche · unlimited power · executive authority · decision-making · ratification · empowerment · commission
Assembly reshaping post-war Europe
- Treaty of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing peace
- legationDiplomatic representative's headquarters
- diplomatic corpsOfficial representatives abroad
- court appointmentSelection for judiciary
Talleyrand · colonial administration · Concert of Europe · capitulations · extraterritoriality
Mental health medicine
- knackInnate ease at something
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
- fracasNoisy disorderly fight
- eczemaInflammatory skin disorder
sycophant · milieu · asceticism · antithesis · intelligible · chlorophyll · condominium · incisor
ambassador
Official foreign representative
legate · attaché · chargé d'affaires · minister · representative · nuncio · high commissioner · diplomatic agent · proxy · commissioner
treaty
Binding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
protocol · agreement · settlement · compact · pact · peace talks · summit · conference · parley · mediation
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- authorizationFormal permission granted
autonomy · prerogative · carte blanche · unlimited power · executive authority · decision-making · ratification · empowerment · commission · investiture
Congress of Vienna
Assembly reshaping post-war Europe
- Treaty of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing peace
- legationDiplomatic representative's headquarters
- diplomatic corpsOfficial representatives abroad
court appointment · Talleyrand · colonial administration · Concert of Europe · capitulations · extraterritoriality
psychiatry
Mental health medicine
eczema · sycophant · milieu · asceticism · antithesis · intelligible · chlorophyll · condominium · incisor · vignette
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- appointeesappointee, nominee, designee, ambassador, cabinet secretary
- diplomatsambassador, diplomat, consul, envoy, emissary
- governorsstate governor, viceroy, governor's office, lieutenant governor, proconsul
- dignitariesdignitary, ambassador, diplomat, envoy, consul
plenipotentiarymessenger
One who delivers communications
pawn · errand boy · go-between · mouthpiece · intermediary
plenty, potential, plentiful, potency, plenary, plenitude, plenteous