Sanction
['sæŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n] or ['sæŋkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards.
(noun.) the act of final authorization; 'it had the sanction of the church'.
(noun.) formal and explicit approval; 'a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement'.
(verb.) give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; 'sanctify the marriage'.
(verb.) give authority or permission to.
Editor: Ricky--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
(v. t.) To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Confirmation, ratification, countenance, support, authority, warranty, authorization.
v. a. Ratify, confirm, countenance, support, authorize, warrant, allow, legalize, bind.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Authorize, countenance, confirm, ratify,[See SANATORY_and_HEALTHFUL]
SYN:Rectification, authorization, authority, countenance, support, seal, allowance
ANT:Nullification, disallowance, discountenance, prohibition
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Definition
n. act of ratifying or giving authority to: confirmation: support: a decree a law.—v.t. to give validity to: to authorise: to countenance.—adjs. Sanc′tionable; Sanc′tionary.
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Examples
- No creed possesses any final sanction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They gave capitalism the sanction of the intellect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Without his sanction I could not hope to be listened to again. Jane Austen. Emma.
- What she required, for the moment, of the Dorsets' friendship, was simply its social sanction. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This independency of the clergy of France upon the court of Rome seems to be principally founded upon the pragmatic sanction and the concordat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- May I depend on your making no second attempt to see her--except with my sanction and approval? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Shabby doings of any description were not endured under his sanction. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had done nothing exceptional in marrying--nothing but what society sanctions, and considers an occasion for wreaths and bouquets. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Less direct minds would have found high-sounding ethical sanctions in which to conceal the real intent. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Give me five minutes of your attention; and I will undertake to show you that Science sanctions my proposal, fanciful as it may seem. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I know my Maker sanctions what I do. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them. Plato. The Republic.
- How could such a covenant, such adoption, be sanctioned by the Church? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was very well for Paulina to decline further correspondence with Graham till her father had sanctioned the intercourse. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He had sanctioned his sister's proposal that the deceased lady should be laid in her mother's grave in Limmeridge churchyard. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I hastened to sanction the presence of the embroidery, exactly as I had sanctioned the absence of the burst buzzard and the Cupid's wing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It sanctioned and promoted freedom of inquiry in all technical details of natural and historical phenomena. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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