See mandate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
An authoritative indication to be obeyed:
behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), order, word. See over, wordsConferred power:
authority, faculty, right. (Law) competence, competency. See ability
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