Meaning of sanction | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sanction, penalty.
2. An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
   countable, uncountable
3. A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
4. A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government.”

“The idea that it was more comfortable in the house than out of it, did much towards reconciling his lordship. He felt positively glad that, as his wife had acted without his sanction, she should be subject to all possible inconvenience, as if such could be felt in Henrietta's state of mind.”

“The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.”

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