wellsanctioned
ʃən 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.
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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
non·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
Synonyms
6. permit.
6. permit.
Antonyms
1. disapproval. 6. disapprove.
1. disapproval. 6. disapprove.
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sanction (ˈsæŋkʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | final permission; authorization |
| 2. | aid or encouragement |
| 3. | something, such as an ethical principle, that imparts binding force to a rule, oath, etc |
| 4. | the penalty laid down in a law for contravention of its provisions |
| 5. | (often plural) a coercive measure, esp one taken by one or more states against another guilty of violating international law |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to give authority to; permit |
| 7. | to make authorized; confirm |
| [C16: from Latin sanctiō the establishment of an inviolable decree, from sancīre to decree] | |
| 'sanctionable | |
| —adj | |
| 'sanctioner | |
| —n | |
| 'sanctionless | |
| —adj | |
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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
verb 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).
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