say-so

• accede
• accord
• acknowledge
• acknowledgment
• acquiescence
• act as a witness
• act as if
• admission
• admit
• advance
• advertisement
• advise
• affiance
• affirm
• affirmation
• agree
• air
• allegation
• allege
• allowance
• alternative
• angle
• annotation
• announce
• announcement
• answer
• answer for
• approach
• approval
• argue
• argue for
• ascendancy
• assent
• assert
• asservation
• asseverate
• assure
• attest
• attest to
• attestation
• authority
• authorization
• aver
• averment
• avert
• avouch
• avow
• avowal
• back
• ballot
• bargain
• be in corner
• be responsible for
• bear testimony
• bear witness
• beef
• belief
• bespeak
• betoken
• betroth
• bind
• blank check
• bless
• blessing
• blow hot air
• bolster
• bomb
• boost
• brace up
• broadcast
• build up
• campaign for
• carte blanche
• catch phrase
• certify
• champion
• charge
• choice
• choose
• cinch
• claim
• clinch
• clout
• come out
• comeback
• command
• commentary
• commit
• communication
• compact
• compliance
• conation
• conclusion
• concurrence
• confess
• confidence
• confirm
• consent
• constate
• contend
• contention
• contract
• control
• conviction
• corroborate
• cosign
• countenance
• covenant
• crack
• credit
• creed
• croon
• cross heart
• cull
• cup of tea
• decide
• decide upon
• decision
• declare
• defend
• defense
• demeanor
• demonstrate
• depend on
• depone
• depose
• deposition
• desire
• determination
• disclosure
• discretion
• disposition
• dissemble
• doctrine
• dogma
• domination
• dominion
• druthers
• edge
• elect
• election
• encourage
• endorsement
• enfranchisement
• engage
• ensure
• enunciation
• espouse
• esteem
• evince
• explanation
• exposition
• expression
• eye
• faith
• fake
• favor
• favorite
• feeling
• feign
• finding
• finger
• fix upon
• flash
• force
• frame of mind
• franchise
• free choice
• free decision
• freedom
• further
• get behind
• get off chest
• get on bandwagon
• get on soapbox
• give a leg up
• give a lift
• give an affidavit
• give evidence
• give facts
• give witness
• go ahead
• go down the line
• go for
• go to bat for
• go with
• goods
• government
• green light
• groove
• guarantee
• guts
• hand-pick
• have a lock on
• have confidence in
• headset
• hock
• hold with
• hot air
• ice
• inclination
• indicate
• influence
• information
• insist
• insistence
• insure
• intention
• judgement
• judgment
• judgment call
• juice
• jump
• jurisdiction
• justify
• leaning
• leave
• leg up
• license
• live up to
• lock up
• maintain
• maintenance
• make
• make a choice
• make a selection
• make an affidavit
• make evident
• make out
• mark
• mastery
• mental state
• mention
• might
• might and main
• mind
• mindset
• mood
• mortgage
• mount
• mouthful
• nail down
• name
• note
• notice
• notification
• notion
• oath
• obiter dictum
• obligate
• okay
• open up
• opinion
• opt
• opt for
• optate
• option
• outlook
• own
• own say so
• own sweet way
• own up
• part
• partiality
• participation
• pass
• pawn
• peg
• permission
• permit
• perspective
• persuasion
• philosophy
• pick
• pick and choose
• pick out
• pin down
• pitch
• pizazz
• plead for
• pleasure
• pledge
• pledge oneself
• plight
• plug
• plump for
• point of view
• point to
• position
• posture
• pow
• power
• powerhouse
• predicate
• predication
• predilection
• prefer
• preference
• prepossession
• prerogative
• presentation
• press for
• prestige
• pretend
• principle
• proclaim
• profess
• profession
• promise
• promote
• promulgation
• pronounce
• pronouncement
• propensity
• propose
• protestation
• prove
• publication
• punch
• purport
• push
• put forth
• put on ice
• ratify
• reaction
• recommend
• reflection
• reliance
• rely on
• remark
• repeat
• report
• representation
• revelation
• ride shotgun for
• right
• right of free speech
• right on
• role
• root for
• ropes
• rubber-stamp
• rule
• run interference for
• sanction
• say
• say so
• saying
• school of thought
• secure
• selection
• sentiment
• separate
• set
• settle on
• share
• show
• side
• sift out
• sign for
• signature
• sing
• single out
• slant
• slot
• soapbox
• sort out
• sovereignty
• speak for
• spiel
• sponsor
• spout
• spread around
• stamp of approval
• stance
• stand
• stand up for
• standpoint
• state
• state under oath
• statement
• steam
• stipulate
• story
• strength
• stressing
• string along
• strong arm
• stuff
• stump
• stump for
• subscribe
• substantiate
• sufferance
• suffrage
• support
• supremacy
• sway
• swear
• swear by
• swear on bible
• swear to
• swear to god
• swear up and down
• tab
• tag
• take
• take an oath
• take it or leave it
• talk big
• tap
• temper
• temperament
• tenet
• testify
• testimony
• thinking
• thought
• token
• top
• tout
• trust
• understanding
• undertake
• underwrite
• uphold
• upper hand
• urge
• utterance
• vantage point
• velleity
• vent
• verify
• view
• viewpoint
• vindicate
• vindication
• voice
• volition
• voluntary decision
• vote
• vouch
• vow
• vox populi
• warrant
• way of looking
• way of thinking
• weakness
• weight
• what it takes
• where one is at
• whip hand
• will
• willingness
• winnow
• wisecrack
• wish
• witness
• word
• yes
• zap

• assail
• attack
• be quiet
• block
• breach
• break
• break off
• conceal
• condemn
• contradict
• criticize
• decrease
• denial
• deny
• desert
• difference
• disadvantage
• disagree
• disagreement
• disallow
• disapproval
• disapprove
• disavow
• disavowal
• disbelief
• disclaim
• discourage
• discredit
• disfavor
• dislike
• disown
• disprove
• dispute
• dissension
• dissent
• dissuade
• distrust
• divorce
• doubt
• enlarge
• equality
• fail
• forget
• give up
• grow
• halt
• hate
• hatred
• hide
• hinder
• hurt
• ignorance
• ignore
• impotence
• impugn
• inability
• incapacity
• incompetence
• inefficiency
• inferiority
• invalidate
• lack
• last choice
• let go
• lethargy
• loose
• loosen
• lose
• negate
• neglect
• no comment
• nullify
• objection
• oppose
• opposition
• overturning
• plant
• powerlessness
• prevent
• prohibition
• protest
• question
• quiet
• refusal
• refuse
• refute
• reject
• rejection
• release
• renege
• renounce
• repudiate
• responsibility
• retraction
• secret
• silence
• stop
• submission
• subordination
• subservience
• surrender
• unbelief
• undermine
• unfasten
• untie
• veto
• weakness
• yielding

• noun
  1. Authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command.

• The decision was made on his say-so, without anyone else’s approval.
• She did it just because he gave his say-so.
• The contract was finalized with the manager's say-so.
• He didn’t need to explain further, it was all in his say-so.
• They were only allowed to proceed after getting her say-so.

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