Words and phrases that have a meaning related to sanction: (187 results)
Antonyms:
disapprove, reject
Often used in the same context:
punishment, censure, reprimand, suspension, penalties, ban, disqualification, expulsion, fines, penalisation, rebuke, misconduct, proscription, prohibition, governing body, justification, impleading, imposable, revocation, reproach, diktat, condonation, authorization, debar, lenience, reinstatement, rule, mitigating circumstances, expunction, retribution, transgression, penalization, tribunal, repercussion, imposition, assent, disrepute, objection, retaliation, intimation, discipline, ultimatum, restriction, stricture, disbarment, flagrancy, condemnation, authority, recourse, penality, imprisonment, disfellowship, infraction, rustication, contemnor, conduct, veto, wrath, acquiescence, admonishment, egregiousness, injunction, illegality, recompense, repugnancy, remonstration, readmittance, rubberstamp, blameworthiness, jurisdiction, leniency, misdealing, directive, moratorium, edict, deterrent, dispensation, waiver, permission, clause, banishment, levying, disapprobation, sentence, dismissal, fatwah, transgressors, chastisement, hudood, vacatur, exemption, trifurcate, excommunication, nonjudicial foreclosure, scrutiny, dilatoriness, grievant, consent, prerogative, precedent, intra vires, derogation, sanctions, legitimization, legitimation, imprimatur, authorisation, approval, sanctioning, guarantees, warrant, legitimacy, prohibitions, cognizance, mandate, protections, ratification, cephalometric, collectivistic, evenhanded, meaning, monolingual, project, sociolinguistic, stricter, subcultural, acceptable, accepted, adjusted, adversative, allophonic, alternate, ambitious, amenable, amish, androcentric, anthropometric
More specific:
acclaim, applaud, benefit of clergy, certify, clap, confirm, initial, licence, license, name, nihil obstat, ok, okay, okeh, okey, reward, spat, stand, subscribe, support, visa
Appears in the definition of:
approbate, approve, authorisation, authorization, benefit of clergy, corsair, empowerment, enabling, frame of reference, gloss, lynch, name, official, okay, peacekeeper, sanctionative, sanctioning, semiofficial, unofficial
More general:
authorise, authorize, clear, commendation, pass, social control
Synonyms:
Also try:countenance, endorsement
— Adjectives for sanction: legal, official, divine, religious, ultimate, moral, social, previous, legislative, royal, criminal, more...
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