sanction

Meaning of sanction

noun
  1. An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
    The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government.
  2. A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
    The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.
  3. A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.
verb
  1. To ratify; to make valid.
  2. To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
  3. To penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions.

Information about sanction

  • The plural form of sanction is: sanctions.
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Hyphenation of sanction

sanc-tion

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • sanction is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

sanction synonyms

Meaning countenance:

countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur

Meaning authority:

authority, authorization

Meaning approve:

approve, okay

Translation of sanction

Anagrams of sanction

actinons, canonist, cantions, contains, santonic, sonantic

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