Definition of sanctions Sanctions
/sæˈŋkʃʌnz/ - [sangkshunz] -
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Wiktionary 
- sanctions (Noun)
Plural of sanction.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: sanctions |
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| sanction - formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" | ||
| countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur | ||
| commendation, approval a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" | ||
| o.k., okay, okeh, okey, ok an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" | ||
| visa an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it | ||
| sanction - the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church" | ||
| empowerment, authorisation, authorization the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | ||
| benefit of clergy sanction by a religious rite; "they are living together without benefit of clergy" | ||
| name by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law" | ||
| sanction - a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards | ||
| social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action | ||
| sanction - official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" | ||
| authority, authorization, authorisation | ||
| permission approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave" | ||
Verb |
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| sanction - give authority or permission to | ||
| authorise, authorize, empower grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" | ||
| sanction - give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage" | ||
| o.k., okay, approve, sanction judge to be right or commendable; think well of | ||
| sanction - give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" | ||
| approve, O.K., okay | ||
| disapprove, reject consider bad or wrong | ||
| authorise, authorize, clear, pass grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" | ||
| sanction give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage" | ||
| visa approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed" | ||
| plump for, plunk for, endorse, indorse, back, support sign as evidence of legal transfer; "endorse cheques" | ||
| confirm make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" | ||
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Wiktionary
- sanction (Noun)
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid. - sanction (Noun)
A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body. - sanction (Noun)
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above. - sanction (Verb)
To ratify; to make valid. - sanction (Verb)
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance. - sanction (Verb)
To penalize a State etc. with sanctions.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sanction (n.)
Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation. - sanction (n.)
Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions. - sanction (v. t.)
To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sanction
A measure, including removal of diplomatic ties, ban on trade, or military intervention, adopted by a country, or group of countries, against another country for political reasons. -
sanction
The approval, by some authority, that makes something valid.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sanction
sangk′shun, n. act of ratifying, or giving authority to: confirmation: support: a decree, a law.—v.t. to give validity to: to authorise: to countenance.—adjs. Sanc′tionable; Sanc′tionary. [Fr.,—L. sanctīre.]
