"sanction" Definition

Definitions for the word "sanction" from multiple English dictionaries.

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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
1 approval by custom or tradition; express permission. 2 confirmation of a law etc. 3 penalty for disobeying a law or rule, or a reward for obeying it. 4 ethics moral force encouraging obedience to any rule of conduct. 5 (esp. In pl.) (esp. Economic) action by a state against another to abide by an international agreement etc. v. 1 authorize or agree to (an action etc.). 2 ratify; make (a law etc.) Binding. [latin sancio sanct- make sacred]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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