The establishing of what one may do. Distinct from authentication, which only settles who they are.

A check placed before an action to stop it going wrong. A guard costs nothing when nothing is wrong.

Held safe from reach or harm by something standing between. Protection implies a protector.

Standing between a thing and what would harm it. Protection is a posture held before the harm arrives, or it is only regret.

The Greek titaness of divine law and right order, who holds the scales steady. Names this house's Council — the realm where the Sanctuary governs itself in the open.

The act of finding a thing sound enough to stand. Its root is not correctness but strength - to validate is to confirm something can bear weight.