sanction
Definition
- n. formal and explicit approval
- n. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- n. the act of final authorization
- v. give authority or permission to
Word forms
- Past participle
- sanctioned
- Present participle
- sanctioning
- Past tense
- sanctioned
- Third person singular
- sanctions
Example sentences
n.
The government imposed a sanction on the country for its actions.
vt.
The committee decided to sanction the proposed changes to the policy.