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The answer SANCTION has 83 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of sanction in various dictionaries:
noun - formal and explicit approval
noun - a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
noun - official permission or approval
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| A verb meaning to give permission, or a penalty, economic or otherwise |
| To bless an action by decree, or to ban an action by decree |
| To give official permission, or to impose a penalty on a country, like the U.S. has done with Iran |
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A sanction may be either a permission or a restriction, depending upon context, as the word is an auto-antonym. * Examples of sanctions include: * Involving countries: * Economic sanctions, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors (such as armaments), or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine) like sanctions against Iran * International sanctions, coercive measures adopted by a country or a group of countries against another state or individual(s) in order to elicit a change in their behavior * Pragmatic sanction, historically, a sovereign's solemn decree which addresses a matter of primary importance and which has the force of fundamental law * In other uses: * Sanctions (law), penalties imposed by courts * Sanctions, a mechanism of social control * Sanctioned name, a special name in mycology * Wikipedia:Sanctions |
| Related Answers |
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| ACCEDETO |
| ADMIT |
| APPROBATION |
| APPROVE |
| ASSENTTO |
| BLESS |
| EMPOWER |
| EMPOWERMENT |
| ENABLE |
| ENDORSE |