sanction

Definition

An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

Etymology

From Middle French sanction, from Latin sānctiō.

Example Sentences

• "The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government."
• "The idea that it was more comfortable in the house than out of it, did much towards reconciling his lordship. He felt positively glad that, as his wife had acted without his sanction, she should be subject to all possible inconvenience, as if such could be felt in Henrietta's state of mind."
• "The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa."

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