These nouns denote the act of giving up one's person, one's possessions, or people under one's command to the authority, power, or control of another.

这些名词意指把某人自身、财产或领导之下的人移交给他人的权威、权力或控制权之下。

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Under one, Congress would give Mr Obama authority to put off Friday's budget cuts by choosing where in the federal budget the spending would be reduced.

BBC: Sequester: White House budget cuts talks planned

Because there, the courts have said under our Constitution that the executive branch's Constitutional authority - to answer the question of one of your previous callers - to protect classified information comes into direct conflict with the criminal defendant's right to a full and complete defense under a number of amendments to our Constitution.

NPR: Invoking the State Secrets Privilege