to sanction
53
6.3
- verb
- /ˈsæŋkʃən/
- Formal
:
autorizar
- Today, labor leaders agreed to sanction construction of OCP's Delta City, thereby creating an estimated one million much-needed new jobs, despite questions about worker safety in dangerous Old Detroit.
- officially sanctioned
- legally sanctioned
- sanction an action
That is, a master has come to the deck, and that master has just sanctioned the House of Chains.
- That is, a master has come to the deck, and that master has just sanctioned the House of Chains.
- So the Proud Boys, Virginia said, no, we are not sanctioning this rally.
- In September, the Indian National Congress officially sanctions it with the aim of bringing Swaraj self rule in one year.
- We're not going to sponsor and sanction people blowing up, building and killing people for the good of the greater or whatever.
Examples
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We can only travel in officially-sanctioned coaches.
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You know I can't sanction that.
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Yes, and they'll sanction it.
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This is a United Nations-sanctioned mission.
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I think a state-sanctioned divorce signed by both parties... ...is evidence something was off.
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At this point, too, the Wilson administration was close to sanctioning Polish recruitment in the United States.
Academic text (1991) -
Prime Minister, Mr Speaker, I think the whole House will agree, I hope the whole House will agree that it's quite a thing to sanction parliamentarians.
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Most high-ranking officers acknowledge that civilians must ultimately sanction the missions that the armed forces adopt.
Academic text (1993) -
The board will sanction the new policy at the next meeting.
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Before starting the project, we need to sanction the budget with the committee.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
To officially agree to something or think that it is good
489
4.4
To give official permission for someone to do something
209
5.5
To get official permission or approval
156
3.4
To give official permission to do something after checking qualifications
70
6.0
Officially approve an agreement, law, or decision
40
5.8
To make something legal or officially accepted
18
3.1
To give official permission to proceed
10
8.3
To allow something by showing approval
1
7.0
To give something formal approval from someone in charge
To give permission to start or use something
To give official permission to a plan or document by an authority
Make something legal by official approval
To officially approve a product for legal or technical use
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
An official order by a king or emperor that becomes a basic law of the country
How Official
- Formal
70
6.0
- Formal
53
6.3
489
4.4
∞
1.6
531
1.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sanction (verb) comes from the old Latin sancire, meaning 'to make sacred', and is related to words like sanctuary; to sanction someone originally meant to make their action officially acceptable. So, to sanction is to give official approval.