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Sanction : (noun)
1: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the
union's endorsement" [syn: countenance, endorsement,
indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
2: a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's
standards
3: official permission or approval; "authority for the program
was renewed several times" [syn: authority, authorization,
authorisation]
4: the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the
church"
(verb)
1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
[syn: approve, O.K., okay] [ant: disapprove]
2: give authority or permission to
3: give religious sanction to, such as through on oath;
"sanctify the marriage"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sanction : \Sanc"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sanctioning.]
To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous
experiments. --De Quincey.
Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sanction : \Sanc"tion\, n. [L. sanctio, from sancire, sanctum to
render sacred or inviolable, to fix unalterably: cf. F.
sanction. See Saint.]
1. 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.
The strictest professors of reason have added the
sanction of their testimony. --I. Watts.
2. Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or
authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
Syn: Ratification; authorization; authority; countenance;
support.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SANCTION. That part of a law which inflicts a penalty for its violation, or
bestows a reward for its observance. Sanctions are of two kinds, those which
redress civil injuries, called civil sanctions; and those which punish
crimes, called penal sanctions. 1 Hoffm. Leg. Outl. 279; Just. Ins. lib. 2,
t. 1, Sec. 10; Ruthf. Inst. b. 2, c. 6, s. 6; Toull. tit. prel. 86; Ferguss.
Inst. of Mor. Phil. p. 4, c. 3, s. 13, and p. 6, c. 1, et seq; 1 Bl. Com.
56.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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