Warrant Definition
wôrənt, wŏr-
warranted, warrants
noun
warrants
An order that serves as authorization, especially:
American Heritage
Justification or reasonable grounds for some act, course, statement, or belief.
Webster's New World
Authorization or sanction, as by a superior or the law.
Webster's New World
Something that serves as an assurance, or guarantee, of some event or result.
Webster's New World
A writing serving as authorization or certification for something.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
warranted, warrants
To give (someone) authorization or sanction to do something.
Webster's New World
To serve as justification or reasonable grounds for (an act, belief, etc.)
A remark that did not warrant such anger.
Webster's New World
To guarantee (a product).
American Heritage
To authorize (the doing of something)
Webster's New World
To guarantee (a purchaser) indemnification against damage or loss.
American Heritage
Origin of Warrant
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From Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French warant, warand (= Old French guarant > modern garant), present participle of a Romance verb from Frankish *warjan.
From Wiktionary
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From Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French warantir, warandir (= Old French guarantir > modern garantir), a Romance formation from the noun, Etymology 1, above.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English warant from Old North French of Germanic origin wer-4 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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