Sanction Definition
săngkshən
sanctioned, sanctioning, sanctions
noun
sanctions
The act of a recognized authority confirming or ratifying an action; authorized approval or permission.
Webster's New World
Support; encouragement; approval.
Webster's New World
Something that gives binding force to a law, or secures obedience to it, as the penalty for breaking it, or a reward for carrying it out.
Webster's New World
Something, as a moral principle or influence, that makes a rule of conduct, a law, etc. binding.
Webster's New World
A penalty, specified or in the form of moral pressure, that acts to ensure compliance with a social standard or norm.
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verb
sanctioned, sanctioning, sanctions
To give sanction to.
Webster's New World
To encourage or tolerate by indicating approval.
His colleagues sanctioned his new research.
American Heritage
To penalize, as for violating a moral principle or international law.
American Heritage
To give official authorization or approval to.
Voting rights that are sanctioned by law.
American Heritage
To encourage or tolerate by indicating approval.
His colleagues sanctioned his new research.
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Origin of Sanction
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Middle English enactment of a law from Old French ecclesiastical decree from Latin sānctiō sānctiōn- binding law, penal sanction from sānctus holy sanctify
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English enactment of a law from Old French ecclesiastical decree from Latin sānctiō sānctiōn- binding law, penal sanction from sānctus holy sanctify
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French sanction.
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