Nearby Words
noun
1.
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
2.
something that serves to support an action, condition, etc.
3.
something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct, etc.
4.
Law.
a.
a provision of a law enacting a penalty for disobedience or a reward for obedience.
b.
the penalty or reward.
5.
International Law. action by one or more states toward another state calculated to force it to comply with legal obligations.
verb (used with object)
6.
to authorize, approve, or allow: an expression now sanctioned by educated usage.
7.
to ratify or confirm: to sanction a law.
8.
to impose a sanction on; penalize, especially by way of discipline.
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Sanctioning
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1555–65; < Latin sānctiōn- (stem of sānctiō), equivalent to sānct(us) (past participle of sancīre to prescribe by law) + -iōn- -ion
1555–65; < Latin sānctiōn- (stem of sānctiō), equivalent to sānct(us) (past participle of sancīre to prescribe by law) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
sanc·tion·a·ble, adjective
sanc·tion·a·tive, adjective
sanc·tion·er, noun
sanc·tion·less, adjective
non·sanc·tion, noun
EXPANDnon·sanc·tioned, adjective
qua·si-sanc·tioned, adjective
re·sanc·tion, verb (used with object)
su·per·sanc·tion, verb (used with object), noun
un·sanc·tion·a·ble, adjective
un·sanc·tioned, adjective
un·sanc·tion·ing, adjective
well-sanc·tioned, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
6. permit.
6. permit.
Antonyms
1. disapproval. 6. disapprove.
1. disapproval. 6. disapprove.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To sanctioning
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sanction
1563, "confirmation or enactment of a law," from L. sanctionem (nom. sanctio) "act of decreeing or ordaining," also "decree, ordinance," from sanctus, pp. of sancire "to decree, confirm, ratify, make sacred" (see saint). Originally especially of ecclesiastical decrees. The
EXPANDverb sense of "to permit authoritatively" is from 1797. Sanctions, in international diplomacy, first recorded 1919, from sanction (n.) in the sense of "part or clause of a law which spells out the penalty for breaking it" (1651).
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.