Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept confersRight
More specialized WordNet synsets
- authorization, authority
- a power delegated from one person to another; "deputies are given the power to make arrests"
- power of appointment
- authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property
- debarment
- the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices)
- forfeit, give up, throw overboard, render, waive, forgo
- lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
- disinherit, disown
- prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- grant, give
- bestow, esp. officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
- invest, clothe, adorn
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- invest, vest, enthrone
- provide with power and authority
- dub, knight
- invest with knighthood; make of knight of
- depute, deputize, deputise
- appoint as a substitute
- promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
- give a promotion to; "raise in rank"; assign to a higher position
- tenure
- give life-time employment to; as of university posts; "She was tenured after she published her book"
- bring up
- promote from a lower position or rank; "This pplayer was brought up to the major league"
- spot promote
- promote on the spot; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel"
- prefer
- give preference to one creditor over another; in law
- prefer, favor, favour
- promote over another
- declare
- authorize payments of: "declare dividends"
- decertify, derecognize
- cause to be longer approved or accepted
- license, licence, certify
- authorize officially
- patent
- grant rights to; grant a patent for
- certify, endorse
- guarantee as meeting a certain standard; "certified grade AAA meat"
- entitle
- give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"
- franchise
- grant a franchise to; in commerce
- charter
- grant a charter to
- admit, let in, include
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
- privilege, favor, favour
- bestow a privilege upon
- privilege
- grant a privilege to
- empower
- give or delegate power to
- endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
- give qualities or abilities to
- commission
- put into commission; equip for service; of ships
- accredit, recognize
- grant credentials to; as of educational institutions
- accredit
- provide or send with official credentials; as of envoys
- appoint, charge
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
- create
- invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer"
- defrock, unfrock
- divest of the frock; of church officials
- affranchise, enfranchise
- grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
- disenfranchise, disfranchise
- deprive of voting rights
- enfranchise, enfranchize
- grant voting rights
- sanction
- give authority or permission to
- disbar
- remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"
- monetize
- give legal value to, of a coin
- bail out
- free on bail
- manumit, emancipate
- free from slavery or servitude
- liberate, set free
- grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"
- emancipate, liberate
- give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- repatriate
- admit back into the country
- admit, allow in, let in
- allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"
- restrict, limit
- place under restrictions; limit access to
- derestrict
- make free from restrictions
- aggrieve
- infringe on the rights of; in law
- exempt, relieve, free
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
- forgive
- absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt"
- invested, invested with
- officially endowed with authority or power; "by the Constitution...the president is invested with certain...powers"- John Marshall
- enabling
- providing legal power or sanction; "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power"
- facultative
- granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something; "a facultative enactment"