Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanction \Sanc"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sanctioned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sanctioning}.]
To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous
experiments. --De Quincey.
Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanction \Sanc"tion\, n. [L. sanctio, from sancire, sanctum to
render sacred or inviolable, to fix unalterably: cf. F.
sanction. See {Saint}.]
1. Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a
superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the
act of some other person or body; establishment or
furtherance of anything by giving authority to it;
confirmation; approbation.
The strictest professors of reason have added the
sanction of their testimony. --I. Watts.
2. Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or
authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
Syn: Ratification; authorization; authority; countenance;
support.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sanction
n 1: formal and explicit approval [syn: {countenance}, {endorsement},
{warrant}, {imprimatur}]
2: a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's
standards
3: official permission or approval; "authority for the program
was renewed several times" [syn: {authority}, {authorization},
{authorisation}]
4: the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the
church"
v 1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
[syn: {approve}, {ok}, {okay}] [ant: {disapprove}]
2: give authority or permission to
3: give religious sanction to, such as through on oath;
"sanctify the marriage"
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