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commission
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of COMMISSION
1
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties <President Jefferson's commission to Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory>
Related Words commendation, consignment, entrustment; facilitation, fostering, promotion; commanding, directing, ordering
2
the doing of an action <a single burglar was responsible for the commission of all the break-ins>
Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Related Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance
3
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter <reported to a UN commission on the AIDS crisis>
Synonyms commission, panel
Related Words standing committee, steering committee; subcommittee; delegation, mission; assembly, body, congress, convocation, council, synod
4
the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty <her commission as head of the investigation>
Related Words billet, gig, job, office, place, position, situation, spot, station; authorization, delegation, deputation, emplacement, placement, ranking; anointing, anointment, induction, installation, installment (also instalment), instating, investiture, investment, ordination; choice, choosing, destination, election, nomination, picking, selection, singling (out)
Near Antonyms blackball, rejection; deposition, dethronement, ejection, eviction, ouster, overthrow, removal
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