Definitions for sanction

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sanction sanc·tion

Spelling: [sangk-shuh n]

IPA: /ˈsæŋk ʃən/

Sanction is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 334 anagrams from letters in sanction (acinnost).

Definitions for sanction

noun

1. authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
2. something that serves to support an action, condition, etc.
3. something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct, etc.
4. Law. a provision of a law enacting a penalty for disobedience or a reward for obedience. the penalty or reward.
5. International Law. action by one or more states toward another state calculated to force it to comply with legal obligations.

verb (used with object)

1. to authorize, approve, or allow:
2. to ratify or confirm:
3. to impose a sanction on; penalize, especially by way of discipline.

Origin of sanction

1555-65; Latin sānctiōn- (stem of sānctiō), equivalent to sānct(us) (past participle of sancīre to prescribe by law) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for sanction

My daughter must be consulted—have you received her sanction?

Right on cue, as if to sanction a visit, ten choristers from the Royal Holloway Choir start to sing.

Wednesday afternoon, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will mark up legislation to give aid to Ukraine and sanction Russia.

I am sure they will, if you please to give them your sanction.

But how does this fact prove that the Bible does not sanction slavery?

You should ratchet up the sanction and make it clear to Iran that they won't get away with it.

The consolidation still required the sanction of the legislature.

If the U.S. moves to sanction Putin and his pals next week, Moscow will definitely strike back.

Pressure on the West to sanction or abandon Israel might become unprecedented in severity.

But your father has given his sanction to your brother's dislikes, your uncles', and every body's!