sanctions

Meaning of sanctions

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 sanctions

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

sanc-tions

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • sanctions is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of sanctions

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