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/ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/ · noun
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges..
My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.
In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.
Use charter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Charter means A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges..
Common synonyms include chirograph, engage, take, rent.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.
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