sanction

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

sanctions

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

sanction

past (v2)

sanctioned

past participle (v3)

sanctioned

present participle

sanctioning

3rd person singular

sanctions

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

   • The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government.

2. 2.A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.

   • The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.

3. 3.A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To ratify; to make valid.

2. 2.To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.

   • The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.
   • Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.

3. 3.To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.

   • The generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes, ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries, a tech startup found.

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Synonyms

• warrant