sanctions - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sanction/ˈsaŋkʃn/

▶noun

1 a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
■ (sanctions) measures taken by a state to coerce another to conform to an international agreement or norms of conduct.

■ Ethics a consideration operating to enforce obedience to any rule of conduct.

2 official permission or approval for an action.
■ official confirmation or ratification of a law.

■ Law, historical a law or decree, especially an ecclesiastical one.

▶verb

– derivatives
sanctionable adjective.

– origin ME: from Fr., from L. sanctio(n-), from sancire ‘ratify’.

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