eng: sanction

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has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/sanction

Meaning
means	(noun) formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" indorsement, countenance, sanction, imprimatur, endorsement, warrant
means	(noun) a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards sanction
means	(noun) official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" authority, sanction, authorization, authorisation
means	(noun) the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church" sanction
means	(verb) give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" okay, O.K., sanction, approve
means	(verb) give authority or permission to sanction
means	(verb) give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage" sanction