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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Approbate :: Approbate (v. t.) To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage..
Sanctioned :: Sanctioned (imp. & p. p.) of Sanctio.
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..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4..
Editorial :: Editorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks..
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report..
Official :: Official (n.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal..
Taoism :: Taoism (n.) One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance..
Confirmation :: Confirmation (n.) The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment..
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..
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable..
Inofficial :: Inofficial (a.) Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence..
Standard :: Standard (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard..
Authorized :: Authorized (a.) Sanctioned by authority.
Oath :: Oath (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false..
Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct..
Ratify :: Ratify (n.) To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination..
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