unauthorize

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verb

To disown the authority of; to repudiate.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbunauthorize (third-person singular simple present unauthorizes, present participle unauthorizing, simple past and past participle unauthorized)

present singular third person unauthorizes · participle present unauthorizing · participle past unauthorized · past unauthorized

  1. transitiveTo disown the authority of; to repudiate.
  2. transitivecomputingTo withdraw authorization or permissions from.

    Hi. I have a question about “authorizing and unauthorizing” my core.

    2023 July 28, Marco_Maria_D_Ottavi, Roon Labs Community
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    This group of users includes anyone who has created a user account but either hasn't verified their account through their email or has been unauthorized by the administrator.

    2015, Shaun Walker, Bruce Chapman, Cathal Connolly, Professional DNN7: Open Source .NET CMS Platform, page 157

    The reverse operation is called “unauthorize” and you’re supposed to do it before removing the DHCP role on a server.

    2016 December 19, “DHCP Unauthorize: There is no such object on the server”, in Dmitri's Wanderings

Origin

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APA

unauthorize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unauthorize

MLA

“unauthorize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unauthorize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unauthorize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unauthorize.

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