sanction
27
5.7
- noun
- /ˈsæŋkʃən/
- Formal
:
aprobación
- The Chinese government will unlikely respond to the trade sanction threat with a currency adjustment.
- an official sanction
- give official sanction
- divine sanction
Examples
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At the moment, they have official sanction.
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Behind my back, without my sanction?
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Get her sanction, permission from the queen to gather in the streets.
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Father Moore, before you could perform the exorcism... ...you had to get the sanction of the Church, correct?
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Much of the state legislation has focused on increasing employer sanctions and denying public benefits on the basis of immigration status.
Academic text (2008) -
Official sanctions in soccer take the form of either a caution or an ejection.
Academic text (1990) -
Paul's letter to Philemon was used to demonstrate divine sanction for slavery.
Academic text (1994) -
The astonished senator appealed for a sanction from Vice President Calvin Coolidge, who was presiding.
Blog text (4) -
The new policy received the necessary sanction from the government before implementation.
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Without the sanction of the board, any changes to the project are not allowed.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Official approval that lets you do something
702
4.6
An official paper that gives permission to do something, for example a court order
400
1.6
Official permission to do something from a person or group in charge
344
3.2
Permission for something to happen, often given in writing
262
2.1
An official paper that lets someone do something
235
3.1
Official permission to do something
223
4.4
Official permission to enter a place or take an action
161
3.6
A public statement supporting a person, product, or idea
125
4.4
Official permission to do something
96
2.5
Formal approval from a person in charge to allow something
87
5.6
Permission that a person in charge gives to do something
12
7.7
Permission from an authority not to follow a rule
11
3.9
An official stamp shows a person in charge thinks something is good
7
9.9
Official permission from an authority to publish a work
4
3.4
Official permission to do something
3
8.4
Official permission given before an action can start
2
7.8
Formal approval or support for a plan
Official approval given to a person or plan
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
An official order by a king or emperor that becomes a basic law of the country
How Official
- Formal
23
7.0
- Formal
27
5.7
- US
125
4.4
- Formal
400
1.6
161
3.6
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sanction comes from the old Latin word sanctus, meaning 'holy' or 'made sacred', the same root you see in sanctuary; when a law was 'made sacred' it became official approval. So, sanction can mean formal permission from an authority.