empowerment
nounDivide empowerment into syllables:
em · pow · er · ment
How to pronounce empowerment:
Definition of empowerment:
- empowerment (noun):
- the giving or delegation of power; authority
- the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant.
- the act or action of empowering someone or something the granting of the power, right, or authority to perform various acts or duties
Synonyms for empowerment:
accreditation
authorisation
authorization
certification
commission
commissioning
delegating
delegation
deputation
direction
emancipation
enabling
enfranchisement
enfranchising
equipping
licence
license
loan approval
management
mandate
permission
permit
promotion
relegating
relegation
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Antonyms for empowerment:
ban
banning
bar
barring
block
boycott
constraint
debarment
denial
disagreement
disallowance
disallowing
disapproval
disqualification
embargo
enjoining
forbiddance
forbidding
illegality
injunction
interdict
interdicting
interdiction
limitation
moratorium
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