Definition of sanction

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Sanction (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions..

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Idiom :: Idiom (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author..
Sanctioning :: Sanctioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanctio.
Ratification :: Ratification (n.) The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty..
Judicial :: "Judicial (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale..
Spoilsmonger :: Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service..
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage..
Amen :: Amen (v. t.) To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
Official :: Official (n.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal..
Sanctionary :: Sanctionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child..
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage..
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
Approbation :: Approbation (n.) The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..
Editorial :: Editorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal..
Sanctioned :: Sanctioned (imp. & p. p.) of Sanctio.
Authorization :: Authorization (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
Confirmation :: Confirmation (n.) The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment..
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