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Sanction - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Accept, Acceptance, Accord, Admire, Advocacy, Advocate, Affirmation, Affirmative, Agreement, Allow, Amen, Approval |
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"Sanction" is an interesting word, in that, depending on context, it can have diametrically opposing meanings. Words like this are called contronyms.
A judge may "sanction" a party during a legal proceeding, by which it is meant that he imposes sanctions (penalties).
Conversely, the word may be used to mean "approve of," especially in an official sense. "The law sanctions such behavior" would mean that the behavior spoken of enjoys the specific approval of law.
See also sanctions.
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Example Usage of Sanction |
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meidos: et la situation en resterait là, irrémédiablement privée de dénouement - ni Sanction, ni interruption, ni changement d'état - |
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jondeik: No authority on this earth can Sanction that which goes against God's love |
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Tetsubishi: @thalgyur You were already united; many couples aren't before they get 'official Sanction', and more aren't even after they do. Kind of sad. |
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