mandate — OAT

mandate

noun

1 he called an election to seek a mandate for his policies:

authority, approval, acceptance, ratification, endorsement;

sanction, authorization.

2 a mandate from the UN was necessary:

instruction, directive, direction, decree, command, order, injunction, edict, charge, commission, bidding, warrant, ruling, ordinance, law, statute, fiat;

in Tsarist Russia ukase;

in Spanish-speaking countries pronunciamento.