Sanction synonyms and antonyms
săngk'shən
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The definition of consent is the permission given for something.
loss of reward
A coercive measure
(Computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
Of, sanctioned by, or growing out of custom or usage; customary
The definition of a penalty is a punishment, fine or a negative result of an act.
A document granting permission; license; warrant
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To make firmer; strengthen:
approve (related)
To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction:
Suffrage is the right to vote in an election.
The definition of allow means to permit or to give permission.
To approve; adopt:
Tacit or passive conduct that implies agreement or consent. For example, if one makes a statement and another is silent when an objection should be forthcoming, the second person’s acquiescence to the statement may be inferred.
The definition of an assent is a situation in which an agreement or acquiescence has occurred.
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The punishment itself
An official order forbidding something; prohibition
A government order prohibiting the entry or departure of commercial ships at its ports, esp. as a war measure
The definition of an injunction is an order by the court to stop someone from doing something.
A penalty imposed on an offender for a crime or wrongdoing
punitive sanctions
A coercive measure
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civil sanctions
A coercive measure
remuneratory sanctions
A coercive measure
To give official approval to or permission for
permission (related)
Permission is defined as giving consent or authority or allowing someone to do something.
endorse (related)
To express approval of or give support to, especially by public statement; sanction:
institutive
Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
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Based on logical reasoning:
The definition of official is authorized, or is someone who holds a position of authority.
Designating or of any of the churches belonging to the Eastern Orthodox Church
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition
(Countable) An act of authorizing.
In property law, a conveyance of an interest in real property to one who has or claims an existing interest in the property, thereby curing a previous conveyance that was defective, increasing or making permanent a previously conveyed interest, or making avoidable estate certain and no longer voidable. See also deed.
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(Uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (non payment).
Dispensation is defined as special permission to not have to follow a rule or to not be bound by a particular code of behavior.
(Printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
A favor or privilege
Consent, permission, or sanction implied by failure to interfere or prohibit; toleration
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To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.
To give credit to:
To sanction officially; authorize.
To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
To give support to; foster:
give sanction to
give sanction to
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Let is defined as to allow, to give the use of or leave someone or something.
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
To condescend to grant or bestow (something):
prohibition (antonym)
An order or law that forbids
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prevention (antonym)
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
veto (antonym)
The power to prevent action by such prohibition
disapproval (antonym)
Unfavorable opinion; condemnation
refusal (antonym)
The right or chance to accept or refuse something before it is offered to another; option
honor (antonym)
A social courtesy or privilege
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prohibit (antonym)
To forbid by authority:
prevent (antonym)
To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:
disapprove (antonym)
To disapprove is defined as to disagree with or be against something, or to express the fact that you are against something instead of in favor of it.
refuse (antonym)
To decline to grant the request of (a person)
Allowance is a consideration of unusual circumstances.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
Approval; agreement:
The act of affirming or the state of being affirmed; assertion.
The definition of an interdict is an absolute order not to do something issued by a person in authority.
The act of interdicting or something interdicted
(With relationship implied by context) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
To declare support for or belief in:
law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
Power assigned to another; authorization:
Alternative spelling of authorization.
The act of placing a signature on the back of a negotiable instrument in order to assign it to an indorsee.
(Law) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
use-of-force (related)
regime (related)
death penalty (related)
imposition (related)
international law (related)
U.N (related)
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mandate (related)
treaty (related)
The written order of a court in the name of the state or other legal authority ordering the person addressed to either do something or restrain from doing something.
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