SANCTIONS

Noun

sanctions

plural of sanction

Verb

sanctions

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sanction

Anagrams

• canonists

Source: Wiktionary

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SANCTION

Sanc"tion, n. Etym: [L. sanctio, from sancire, samctum to render sacred or inviolable, to fix unalternably: cf. F. sanction. See Saint.]

1. 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 authority to it; confirmation; approbation. The strictest professors of reason have added the sanction of their testimony. I. Watts.

2. Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.

Syn.

– Ratification; authorization; authoruty; countenance; support.

Sanc"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctioning.]

Definition: To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve. Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments. De Quincey.

Syn.

– To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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