Sanction - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsæŋkʃn|
Brit.
|ˈsæŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n|
noun
- formal and explicit approval (syn: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, warrant)
- a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- official permission or approval (syn: authority, authorization)
- the act of final authorization
- a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- official permission or approval (syn: authority, authorization)
- the act of final authorization
it had the sanction of the church
verb
- give sanction to (syn: approve, okay)
- give authority or permission to
- give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
- give authority or permission to
- give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
Extra examples
The country acted without the sanction of the other nations.
Their policy has legal sanction.
Apparently, the aide had acted without White House sanction.
The church refused to sanction the king's second marriage.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: sanction
he/she/it: sanctions
present participle: sanctioning
past tense: sanctioned
past participle: sanctioned
I/you/we/they: sanction
he/she/it: sanctions
present participle: sanctioning
past tense: sanctioned
past participle: sanctioned
noun
singular: sanction
plural: sanctions
singular: sanction
plural: sanctions
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