1 [C,usually pl.] ~ (against sb) an official order that limits trade, contact, etc. with a particular country, in order to make it do sth, such as obeying international law:
Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement. * The economic sanctions have been lifted.
2 [U] (formal) official permission or approval for an action or a change:
These changes will require the sanction of the court. * Their ideas received official sanction at the meeting.
3 [C] ~ (against sth) a course of action that can be used, if necessary, to make people obey a law or behave in a particular way:
The ultimate sanction will be the closure of the restaurant. * We now have an effective sanction against the killing of whales.
verb [VN]
1 (formal) to give permission for sth to take place:
The government refused to sanction a further cut in interest rates.
2 (technical) to punish sb/sth; to IMPOSE a sanction(1) on sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for sanction is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sanction a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sanction is tagged as noun.
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