Carte-blanche synonyms

kärt bläɴsh', blänch', blănch'

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free-hand
(Idiomatic) free rein
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full authority
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unconditional authority
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full power
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full right
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complete right
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unconditional power
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blank check
Total freedom of action; carte blanche.
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license
Excessive, undisciplined freedom, constituting an abuse of liberty
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power of attorney
The authority to act on behalf of a person in certain specified matters, such as financial dealings, or in general.
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open mandate
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prerogative
(Obs.) Priority or precedence
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free-rein
Loose rein, as of a horse
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open sanction
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freedom (related)
Ease or facility of movement:
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permission (related)
(Computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
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power (related)
The capacity of a system or machine to operate:
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franchise
The definition of a franchise is permission granted by the government or by a company to take a certain action, or a franchise is the entity which has such authorization.
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grant
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
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latitude
Freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of opinion, conduct, or action
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leeway
Room for freedom of action
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no-holds-barred
Having no limits, regulations, or restraints:
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warrant
An order in writing from a competent authority instructing that a certain act be carried out.
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Carte-blanche Sentence Examples

  • You should never offer carte blanche to someone who just might take you up on it.

  • Since, in spite of this object-lesson, the Polish nobles still continued their offers, the peasants consulted the local Austrian authorities as to what course they should take; and the local authorities, unaccustomed to arriving at any decision without consulting Vienna, practically gave them carte blanche to do as they liked.

  • With this carte blanche in his pocket, Repnin proceeded to treat the diet as if it were already the slave of the Russian empress.

  • You have carte Blanche in the account of human lives.

  • But the Act does not offer carte Blanche for anyone who might now think bankruptcy is the easiest way out.

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