warrant

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: arrant, tarrant, farrant, warrand

Antonyms: arrant, tarrant, farrant, warrand

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. [[authorization|Authorization]] or [[certification]]; a [[sanction#Noun|sanction]], as given by a [[superior#Noun|superior]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} Something that provides [[assurance]] or [[confirmation]]; a [[guarantee#Noun|guarantee]] or [[proof]].
3. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[order#Noun|order]] that serves as authorization; especially a [[voucher]] authorizing [[payment]] or [[receipt]] of [[money]].
4. {{lb|en|finance|countable}} An [[option]], usually [[issue#Verb|issued]] together with another [[security]] and with a [[term#Noun|term]] at [[issue#Noun|issue]] greater than a [[year]], to buy other securities of the [[issuer]].
5. {{lb|en|law|countable}} A [[judicial]] [[writ#Noun|writ]] authorizing an [[officer]] to make a [[search#Noun|search]], [[seizure]], or [[arrest#Noun|arrest]], or to [[execute]] a [[judgment]].
6. {{lb|en|military|countable}} {{ellipsis of|en|warrant officer}}.
7. {{lb|en|New Zealand|road transport|countable}} A [[document#Noun|document]] [[certify]]ing that a [[motor vehicle]] meets certain [[standard]]s of [[mechanical]] [[soundness]] and [[safety]]; a [[warrant of fitness]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete|countable}} A [[defender]], a [[protector]].
9. {{lb|en|mining|uncountable}} [[underclay|Underclay]] in a coal mine. <!--separate ety possibly?-->

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[protect]], [[keep#Verb|keep]] [[safe#Adjective|safe]] (from [[danger]]).
2. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[give#Verb|give]] (someone) an [[assurance]] or [[guarantee#Noun|guarantee]] (of something); ''also, with a double object'': to [[guarantee#Verb|guarantee]] (someone something).
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified [[quality]], [[value #Noun|value]], etc.).
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To guarantee as being [[true#Adjective|true]]; {{lb|en|colloquially}} to [[believe]] [[strongly]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[authorize]]; to give (someone) [[sanction#Noun|sanction]] or [[#Noun|warrant]] (to do something).
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[justify]]; to give [[ground#Noun|grounds]] for.

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