Sanction Synonyms and Antonyms

săngkshən
An act of confirming officially
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. affirmation
  2. approval
  3. confirmation
  4. ratification
A coercive measure
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. penalty
  2. decree
  3. command
  4. interdict
  5. writ
  6. sentence
  7. ban
  8. embargo
  9. injunction
  10. loss of reward
  11. interdiction
  12. punishment
  13. punitive sanctions
  14. civil sanctions
  15. remuneratory sanctions
Antonyms:
  1. reward
  2. award
  3. honor
To accept officially
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. adopt
  2. affirm
  3. approve
  4. confirm
  5. pass
  6. ratify
Antonyms:
  1. ban
  2. prevent
  3. veto
  4. disapprove
  5. prohibit
  6. refuse
Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. permission

Words Related to Sanction

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sanction Sentence Examples

  • We had tacit official sanction, on our terms.

  • When this sanction had been accorded the budget was to be published.

  • With the royal sanction a petition was addressed to Sixtus IV.

  • And in 1899 this practice received the sanction of Dr Westcott, then bishop of Durham.

  • His hopes of distinction were, however, cut short by a decree of the Polish diet, which, in order to vex the king, refused to sanction the continuance of the war.

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