Thesaurus: sanction

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1. 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.
2. n. Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
3. v. t. To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
4. n. formal and explicit approval
5. n. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
6. n. official permission or approval
7. n. the act of final authorization
8. v. give sanction to
9. v. give authority or permission to
10. v. give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
11. 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. 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.
12. To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments.De Quincey.