Definition of Sanction

Noun

• the act of final authorization
  "it had the sanction of the church"
  
• official permission or approval
  "authority for the program was renewed several times"
  authority authorization authorisation
• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
  
• formal and explicit approval
  "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
  countenance endorsement indorsement warrant imprimatur

Verb

• give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
  "sanctify the marriage"
  
• give authority or permission to
  
• give sanction to
  "I approve of his educational policies"
  approve - o.k. okay

Word games points for the Sanction

• Scrabble® score of the sanction (10)
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Unscramble sanction

255 unscramble word found using the letters sanction.

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