What does sanction mean?

Definitions for sanction
ˈsæŋk ʃənsanc·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimaturnoun

    formal and explicit approval

    "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

  2. sanctionnoun

    a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

  3. authority, authorization, authorisation, sanctionnoun

    official permission or approval

    "authority for the program was renewed several times"

  4. sanctionverb

    the act of final authorization

    "it had the sanction of the church"

  5. approve, O.K., okay, sanctionverb

    give sanction to

    "I approve of his educational policies"

  6. sanctionverb

    give authority or permission to

  7. sanctionverb

    give religious sanction to, such as through on oath

    "sanctify the marriage"

Wiktionary

  1. sanctionnoun

    An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

  2. sanctionnoun

    A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.

  3. sanctionnoun

    A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above.

  4. sanctionverb

    To ratify; to make valid.

  5. sanctionverb

    To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.

  6. sanctionverb

    To penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions.

  7. Etymology: From sanction.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sanctionnoun

    Etymology: sanction, French; sanctio, Latin.

    I have kill’d a slave,
    And of his blood caus’d to be mixt with wine:
    Fill every man his bowl. There cannot be
    A fitter drink to make this sanction in. Ben Jonson, Catil.

    Against the publick sanctions of the peace,
    With fates averse, the rout in arms resort,
    To force their monarch. John Dryden, Æn.

    There needs no positive law or sanction of God to stamp an obliquity upon such a disobedience. South.

    By the laws of men, enacted by civil power, gratitude is not enforced; that is, not enjoined by the sanction of penalties, to be inflicted upon the person that shall not be found grateful. Robert South, Sermons.

    The satisfactions of the Christian life, in its present practice and future hopes, are not the mere raptures of enthusiasm, as the strictest professors of reason have added the sanction of their testimony. Isaac Watts.

    This word is often made the sanction of an oath: it is reckoned a great commendation to be a man of honour. Jonathan Swift.

    Wanting sanction and authority, it is only yet a private work. Thomas Baker, on Learning.

    ’Tis the first sanction nature gave to man,
    Each other to assist in what they can. John Denham.

Wikipedia

  1. Sanction

    A sanction may be either a permission or a restriction, depending upon context, as the word is an auto-antonym. Examples of sanctions include:

ChatGPT

  1. sanction

    A sanction is a measure implemented by a governing body or international authority to enforce compliance, obedience, or to punish non-compliance or disobedience. It could be in the form of penalties, restrictions or rewards aimed to control behavior. The term can also refer to official permission or approval for an action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sanctionnoun

    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

  2. Sanctionnoun

    anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions

  3. Sanctionverb

    to give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sanction' in Nouns Frequency: #2176

Anagrams for sanction »

  1. actinons

  2. canonist

  3. contains

  4. sonantic

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sanction in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sanction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sanction in a Sentence

  1. Senator Paul:

    One sanction that might work would be the sanctioning of the crown prince and I think all the people advocating for sanctions won't go that far.

  2. Saul Kavonic:

    These factors, combined with the greatly reduced appetite for large-scale greenfield investments in the current market conditions, made it quite a herculean task to achieve partner alignment to sanction Browse.

  3. W. M. L. Jay:

    Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.

  4. Han Tan:

    Should Iran's sanction waivers indeed be lifted, that could boost oil prices towards the $80 per barrel mark.

  5. Senator Paul:

    The United Nations thinks that the internet is a right, so could you sanction somebody for not giving free internet, not giving an abortion, not giving free housing ?

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