por: sanção

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/por/san%C3%A7%C3%A3o

Meaning
means	(noun) a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards sanction
means	(noun) formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" indorsement, countenance, sanction, imprimatur, endorsement, warrant
means	(noun) the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church" sanction
means	(noun) the act of punishing punishment, penalization, penalisation, penalty
means	(noun) approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave" permission
means	(noun) official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" authority, sanction, authorization, authorisation