empower

Meaning

Verb

• To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
• To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.

Related

Similar words

• allow, let, permit
• inspire

Opposite words

• ban, bar, forbid, prohibit
• disempower, dishearten, disspirit

Origin

• en- + power