sanction

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. Source: opted

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

3. v. t. To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve. Source: opted

4. n. formal and explicit approval Source: wordnet

5. n. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards Source: wordnet

6. n. official permission or approval Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of final authorization Source: wordnet

8. v. give sanction to Source: wordnet

9. v. give authority or permission to Source: wordnet

10. v. give religious sanction to, such as through an oath Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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

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