Thesaurus: passport

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1. n. Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.
2. n. A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
3. n. A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
4. n. Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
5. n. any authorization to pass or go somewhere
6. n. a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
7. n. any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
8. 1. Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water. Caution in granting passports to Ireland. Clarendon. 2. A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter. 3. A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct. Burrill. 4. Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance. Sir P. Sidney. His passport is his innocence and grace. Dryden.
9. n:100 n. a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country