His father would never sanction his engagement to a girl who did not share the same religious beliefs as their family.
Source: tatoeba (1983)
Sanction
//ˈsæŋkʃən//
Synonyms for "sanction" (245 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (74)
blessingcarte blanchecertificatecertificationcertifycharterclearancecommissioncomplianceconcurrencecondescendconfirmconfirmationconnivanceconnive atconsentconsent toconsent to silentlyconstitutecosign
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countenancecountersigncountersignaturecredentialsdeclare lawfuldecreedeigndisciplinedisendorseeagernessempowerempowermentenableenablingenactenactmentencourageencouragementendorseendorsementenfranchiseenfranchisemententitleentitlementestablishesteemfacultyfancyfavorfavorable votefiatformulatefranchisegive consentgive official sanctiongive permissiongive powergive the go-aheadgive the imprimaturgive thumbs upgo aheadgo along withgo-aheadgrantgreen lighthave no objectionhear
Noun(5 words)
Verb(2 words)
Related words (122)
helphold withimprimaturindorseinitialjohn hancockjustifykeep in countenanceleavelegalizationlegalizelegislatelegislationlegitimatelegitimatizationlegitimatizelegitimizationlegitimizeletlicense
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makemake a regulationmake legalnodnod assentnot refusenotarizationnotarizeokokayordainpasspass onpass uponpassagepatentpenaltypermissionpermitprerogativeprescribeprivilegepromotepromotionpromptitudepromptnesspunishmentput in forceratificationratifyreadinessrecognizerecommendationredressregulaterespectretaliationretributionrubber stampsay amen tosay ayesay yessealseal of approvalsecondsigilsignsign and sealsignaturesignetsponsorsponsorshipstampstamp of approvalsubmissionsubscribesubscribe tosubscriptionsufferancesupportsustainswear and affirmswear totake kindly tothe nodthink well oftolerateundersignunderwriteungrudgingnessunloathnessunreluctanceupholdvalidatevalidationview with favorvisavisevoicevotevote affirmativelyvote ayevouchsafewarrantwarrantywillingnesswink atyeayea voteyield assent
Noun(9 words)
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16 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
is a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
193 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sanksion noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- κύρωσις noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- νεῦμα noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- δοκιμάζω verb (to give authorization or approval to)
Arabic
4 entries- إِسْتِحْسَان noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- إِعْتِمَاد noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- عُقُوبَة noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- عِقَاب noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Armenian
4 entries- պատժամիջոց noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- պատժամիջոց noun (stipulation specifying the above)
- սանկցիա noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- սանկցիա noun (stipulation specifying the above)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sanksiya noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Belarusian
2 entries- са́нкцыя noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- санкцыяні́раваць verb (to give authorization or approval to)
Bulgarian
4 entries- наказа́ние noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- одобре́ние noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- разреше́ние noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- са́нкция noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Catalan
4 entries- aprovació noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sanció noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- aprovar verb (to give authorization or approval to)
- sancionar verb (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 制裁 noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 刑罰 /刑罚 noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- 制裁 noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- 同意 noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- 批准 noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Czech
1 entries- sankce noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Danish
3 entries- godkendelse noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sanktion noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- tilladelse noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Dutch
4 entries- bekrachtiging noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- erkenning noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sanctie noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sanctie noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Esperanto
1 entries- sankcio noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Estonian
1 entries- sanktsioon noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Finnish
4 entries- hyväksyntä noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- pakote noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sanktio noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- seuraamus noun (penalty or coercive measure)
French
4 entries- approbation noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- décret noun (stipulation specifying the above)
- sanction noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- validation noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Georgian
2 entries- სანქცია noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- სანქცია noun (penalty or coercive measure)
German
4 entries- Billigung noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- Sanktion noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- Sanktionierung noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- Sanktionierung noun (stipulation specifying the above)
Greek
3 entries- επικύρωση noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- κύρωση noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- κύρωση noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Hebrew
4 entries- גמול noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- סנקציה noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- עונש noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- עיצום noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रतिबंध noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- मंजूरी noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Hungarian
1 entries- szankció noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Indonesian
1 entries- sanksi noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Italian
4 entries- approvazione noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- convalida noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- ratifica noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sanzione noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Japanese
4 entries- 刑罰 noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- 制裁 noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- 承認 noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- 拘束 noun (stipulation specifying the above)
Kazakh
1 entries- санкция noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Khmer
1 entries- ទណ្ឌកម្ម noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Korean
4 entries- 승인 noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- 인가 noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- 제재 noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- 형벌 noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- санкция noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Latvian
1 entries- sankcija noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sankcija noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Macedonian
1 entries- санкција noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Malay
2 entries- sanksi noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sekatan noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Mongolian
1 entries- хориг noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Norwegian
4 entries- godkjenne verb (to give authorization or approval to)
- sanksjonere verb (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
- straffe verb (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
- tillate verb (to give authorization or approval to)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- godkjennelse noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sanksjon noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sanksjon noun (stipulation specifying the above)
- tillatelse noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تصویب noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Persian
2 entries- تحریم noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- تحریم verb (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
Polish
4 entries- sankcja noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sankcja noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sankcja noun (stipulation specifying the above)
- nakładać sankcje verb (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
Portuguese
4 entries- sanção noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sanção noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sanção noun (stipulation specifying the above)
- sancionar verb (to give authorization or approval to)
Romanian
3 entries- aprobare noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sancțiune noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sancțiune noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Russian
4 entries- наказа́ние noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- одобре́ние noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- разреше́ние noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- са́нкция noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sànkcija noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sànkcija noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sànkcija noun (stipulation specifying the above)
- са̀нкција noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Slovak
1 entries- sankcia noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Slovene
1 entries- sankcija noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Spanish
4 entries- aprobación noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- autorización noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- decreto noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- decreto noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Swahili
4 entries- kwazo noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- kwazo noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- kwazo noun (stipulation specifying the above)
- kwazo verb (to give authorization or approval to)
Swedish
2 entries- sanktion noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sanktionera verb (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
Tagalog
1 entries- sanksiyon noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Tajik
2 entries- муҷозот noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- таҳрим noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Thai
2 entries- การลงโทษ noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- ลงโทษ verb (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
Turkish
4 entries- müeyyidat noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- müeyyide noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- müeyyideler noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- yaptırım noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Turkmen
1 entries- sanksiýa noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Ukrainian
3 entries- са́нкція noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- са́нкція noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- санкціонува́ти verb (to give authorization or approval to)
Uzbek
1 entries- sanksiya noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hình phạt noun (penalty or coercive measure)
- sự chấp nhận noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sự phê chuẩn noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
- sự đồng ý noun (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
Welsh
1 entries- sancsiwn noun (penalty or coercive measure)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
That requires the sanction of the government.
Source: tatoeba (42283)
It is necessary to obtain the sanction of the authorities to enter this building.
Source: tatoeba (59448)
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. In its service new mercenaries sought to regiment the people, their labor, and their property.
Source: tatoeba (5287351)
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