- Clarification - Interpretation - Justification - Meaning - Reason - The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting;
the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the
explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. - That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory
explanation.
- Right - Say-so - Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act;
power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust;
dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince
over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. - Government; the persons or the body exercising power or
command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military
authorities. - The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem;
influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral
superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an
historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority. - That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in
support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. - Testimony; witness.