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2. sanction, ratify, confirm, bind, accept, pass, approve, give one's nod of approval, set one's seal to, Inf. O.K., Chiefly U.S. approbate; permit, allow, Inf. give the green light or go-ahead; consent to, subscribe to, vouchsafe; agree to, give one's assent, concur with, accede to; endorse, underwrite, countersign, witness, acknowledge; countenance, support, uphold, back up, stand behind or by.
3. warrant, justify, excuse; explain, account for, defend, give grounds or reason for.
autobiography, n. memoirs, diary, journal, letters; personal history, personal narrative, one's own story, life, life story; adventures, experiences, fortunes. autochthonous, adj. native, indigenous. See aboriginal. autocracy, n. 1. absolutism, despotism, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, monocracy, one-man rule, one-party rule, Caesarism, Stalinism; tyranny, uncontrolled or unlimited authority, complete control, absolute power or control, iron hand, iron fist, iron rule. 2. autarchy, dictatorship, totalitarian state, absolute monarchy. autocrat, n. dictator, tyrant, despot, monocrat, autarch, overlord; absolute monarch, absolute ruler, supreme master. autocratic, adj. 1. absolute, unlimited, omnipotent, all-powerful; dictatorial, totalitarian, authoritarian, monocratic.
2. tyrannical, despotic, oppressive, iron-handed; imperious, domineering, overbearing, peremptory, highhanded, Inf. bossy. autograph, n. 1. signature, John Hancock, hand; SI. handle, SI. moniker; endorsement, inscription; mark, cross, X.
-adj. 2. holography, holographic; signed, sealed, countersigned, endorsed, inscribed.
-v. 3. sign, countersign, sign on the dotted line, initial, put one's John Hancock on; endorse, ratify, notarize, seal; inscribe, dedicate; mark, cross, X; validate, authenticate, accept, O.K. automatic, adj. 1. self-moving, self-acting, self-propelling, self-directing; mechanical, robotistic, robotlike, push-button, knee-jerk, habitual.
2. unconscious, instinctive, natural, spontaneous, unbidden; Physiol, involuntary, uncontrolled, Physiol. reflex. automaton, n.

robot, mechanical man; marionette, Punchinello, fantocinno, puppet, pawn. autonomous, adj. self-governing, self-legislating, self-ruling, self-directing, noncolonial; autonomic, allodial, independent, self-reliant, on one's own; free, unfettered, unrestricted, uncoerced. autonomy, n. independence, freedom, liberty, selfdetermination, self-direction; self-government, self-rule, home rule, self-legislation; allodium, self-governing community. autopsy, n. post-mortem examination, post-mortem, necropsy; dissection, anatomization. autumn, n. fall, harvest time, harvest home, harvest. auxiliary, adj. 1. subsidiary, additional, supplementary, reserve, extra; accessory, ancillary, secondary, subordinate, subservient; helping, assisting, adjuvant, aiding, abetting; supportive, helpful, assistive, cooperative.
-n. 2. helper, aide, assistant, right hand, right- hand man, girl or gal Friday, coadjutor, adjuvant; help, aid, support, adminicle; abettor, supporter, backer, patron; ally, confederate, comrade, partner, accomplice, collaborator, cooperator; accessory, subordinate, underling, employee, SI. stooge, tool, cat's-paw.