Category:Sanction

Sanc"tion, n. Etym: [l. sanctio, from sancire, samctum to render Sacred or inviolable, to fix unalternably: 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 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; authoruty; countenance; support.

Sanction Sanc"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctioning.]

Defn: 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.