English to English noun
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formal and explicit approval | | Example: a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
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a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards | | source: wordnet30
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official permission or approval | | Example: authority for the program was renewed several times
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the act of final authorization | | Example: it had the sanction of the church
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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation. | | source: webster1913 verb
6 |
give sanction to | | Example: I approve of his educational policies
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7 |
give authority or permission to | | source: wordnet30
8 |
give religious sanction to, such as through on oath | | Example: sanctify the marriage
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9 |
To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve. | | source: webster1913
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