All warrant synonyms
warΒ·rant
W w verb warrant
- authorise β to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorize β If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- guarantee β a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- justify β to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- affirm β If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- call for β If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- ensure β Make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case.
- explain β Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
- necessitate β to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- require β to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- stipulate β to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- undertake β to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- argue β If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- assert β If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- assure β If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- attest β To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
- avouch β to vouch for; guarantee
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- certify β If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- commission β If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- declare β If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- defend β If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- delegate β A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- empower β Give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
- endorse β Declare one's public approval or support of.
- entitle β Give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something.
- excuse β Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
- guaranty β a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- insure β to guarantee against loss or harm.
- licence β license.
- license β formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- pledge β a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- privilege β a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- promise β a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sponsor β a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- state β the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- swear β to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- underwrite β to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
- vindicate β to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vow β a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
- answer for β If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.