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sanction (verb), sanctions; sanctioned; sanctioning
1. To ratify or to confirm by an authorized enactment: The President sanctioned restrictions to other countries regarding certain products to the United States.
2. To indicate an action that is authorized by a government agency: The government has sanctioned the use of force in stopping imports of specific items from other countries.
3. To allege or to justify something as being permissible: The plan to lower prices for certain items was sanctioned by the board of directors of Sam's company.
4. To enforce a law, a legal obligation, etc. by attaching a penalty for some kind of transgression: The President is sanctioning the permission of refugees from other countries to enter the U.S.
5. Etymology: from Latin sanctionem, "the act of decreeing or ordaining" from sancire, "to decree, to confirm, to ratify."
To approve or to authorize an action.
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