Sanction is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SANCTION in dictionary:

VERB:
• to authorize
• give official permission or approval for (an action)
• impose a sanction or penalty on
• To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
• give authority or permission to
• give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
• allow, authorize
NOUN:
• a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
• measures taken by a state to coerce another to conform to an international agreement or norms of conduct, typically in the form of restrictions on trade or official sporting participation
• a consideration operating to enforce obedience to any rule of conduct.
• official permission or approval for an action
• official confirmation or ratification of a law.
• a law or decree, especially an ecclesiastical decree.
• permission, authorization
• 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.
• Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
• formal and explicit approval
• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society\'s standards
• the act of final authorization

Words related to SANCTION

sanctionable16 sanctioned13 sanctioner12 sanctioners13 sanctioning14 sanctionless14 sanctions11

How to use SANCTION in a sentence

• It was in print, and that struck the great majority of the editors and their readers, as a sufficient sanction.
• It was found, during the course of these debates, that a new Slave Trade had sprung up in the East Indies, with the sanction of an English Order in Council.
• The next most palpable defect of the subsisting Confederation, is the total want of a SANCTION to its laws.
• It has been heretofore noted among the defects of the Confederation, that in many of the States it had received no higher sanction than a mere legislative ratification.
• It was not so much the money we wanted as the sanction of the United States.
• A miracle is said to have happened in one of the side chapels in 1842, which received the sanction of the Pope.
• His object was to obtain the papal sanction for reforms which had been advocated by Saint Theresa herself.
• Sanction was obtained, and on the 21st February, 1861, the officers and men of the new unit took the oath of allegiance at St.
• The internal changes effected in the Church by the Tridentine Council, and the external power conferred on it, were due in no small measure to Spanish influence or sanction.
• The Editor of the present edition is happy to offer it to the public under the sanction of such high authority.
• In Switzerland our enterprise did not develop as rapidly as we desired, in spite of the sanction of the Council of the Canton.
• This latter bill encountered a most violent opposition both by the company and in the house, particularly by the lords, but it was carried, and received the royal sanction.
• He did not wish it to be understood, however, that his vote implied he could ever be brought to sanction the substitution of a new system of representation for that which existed.
• If their sanction and consent is not attained, that engagement is not completed.
• Paul Strumley, and naively requested for the happy young people a full share of the parental sanction and blessing.
• And not sanction them in others! That is the main point.
• Allen certainly did not sanction segregation under the law, and no man worked harder than he to relieve his people from proscription.
• The ancient constitutions repeatedly assert it, and it has received the subsequent sanction of innumerable Masonic authorities.
• His word is law and requires not the sanction of the people.
• Still, they have the closest alliance with Laws proper, seeing that being armed with a sanction, they impose a duty.
• PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
• The tales give constant sanction for the marriage of near relatives.
• On the 8th day of September, 1888, under the sanction of that law, the credit directed by this bill was made.
• And the consequence was, that they were often denied good and wholesome laws, by the refusal of the king to sanction them.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. We do not cooperate with the owners of this trademark. All trademark rights are owned by their owners and are not relevant to the web site "scrabble-word.com". This site is intended for entertainment and training. We try to make a useful tool for all fans of SCRABBLE. "Scrabble Word" is the best method to improve your skills in the game.