faculty
noun
[ ˈfak(ə)lti ]
• an inherent mental or physical power.
• "her critical faculties"
Similar:
power,
capability,
capacity,
facility,
potential,
potentiality,
propensity,
wherewithal,
means,
preparedness,
senses,
wits,
reason,
intelligence,
• a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge.
• "the Faculty of Arts"
• a licence or authorization from a Church authority.
• "the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so"
Similar:
authorization,
authority,
power,
right,
permission,
consent,
leave,
sanction,
licence,
dispensation,
assent,
acquiescence,
agreement,
approval,
seal of approval,
approbation,
endorsement,
imprimatur,
clearance,
the go-ahead,
the thumbs up,
the OK,
the green light,
say-so,
permit,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘make, do’.
