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Authority is the power someone or something governs over someone/thing else. For example, governments have authority over the citizens they're in charge of - principals and teachers have authority over their students.

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The principal stared at the boy before him, having been sent here under less than appealing circumstances, his authority already making the young lad shift uncomfortably as he awaited his punishment.

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