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    • sanction :formal and explicit approval
      • a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

    • sanction :give sanction to
      • I approve of his educational policies

    • sanction :official permission or approval
      • authority for the program was renewed several times

    • sanction :give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
      • sanctify the marriage

    • sanction :the act of final authorization
      • it had the sanction of the church

    • sanction :a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

      • sanction :give authority or permission to

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