sanction

Definition:
1. Formal and explicit approval.
2. A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards.
3. Official permission or approval.
4. The act of final authorization.

Use 'sanction' in a sentence:

1. In some ways, this was a classic mid-term sanction.
2. The moral sanction is an important part in the moral theories.
3. What kind of evidence would be used to sanction users?
4. Sanctions are expected to be among the most contentious issues.
5. He expressed his opposition to the lifting of sanctions.
6. A British official said he thought it was an open question whether sanctions would do any good.
7. If the Americans were so minded then they could take sanctions against them.
8. The ultimate sanction will be the closure of the restaurant.
9. These changes will require the sanction of the court.
10. Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement.
11. In America, we have wrestled with the idea of divine sanction since the country's inception.
12. An Analysis of Private Right Protection and Due Law Process in the Civil Sanction.
13. Official sanction and funding are only the first hurdles.
14. The basic point is that sanctions cannot be counted on to produce a sure result.
15. In the service of the empress, this inept chauffeur faced no legal sanction for the mishap.
16. The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.
17. The key question is whether China will sanction Boeing, which would be a very big deal.
18. Economic sanctions will be lifted once two-thirds of their forces have pulled out.
19. Iranian officials this week warned against attempts to sanction gasoline imports.
20. They were determined to dissociate the UN from any agreement to impose sanctions.
21. The two leaders had differed on the issue of sanctions.
22. In 2009 Eduardo da Silva, then of Arsenal, was suspended for two games for diving, but the sanction was later revoked.
23. The Kremlin might have expected a brutal dispersal of the crowd, but Mr Kuchma would not sanction the use of force.
24. He seemed to be preparing to sanction an increase in public borrowing.
25. International sanctions were beginning to take effect.
26. Several conditions must be satisfied if purpose is to be an effective sanction of authority.
27. Enforcing departures, the ultimate sanction, remains slow and costly.
28. Another sanction in their accession treaties is that other EU members may refuse to recognise court judgments.
29. As an ultimate sanction, they can sell their shares.
30. Secondly, it was beyond the reach of any normal legal sanction thanks to its global mirrored servers.
31. And by European standards all three candidates are strikingly willing to sanction the use of force.
32. He may now be ready to sanction the use of force.
33. Just because he is Andre Agassi he should not escape sanction.
34. Q: Is China opposed to sanction for fear that any sanction against Iran will affect Iran's oil export to China?
35. Hence 90% of captured pirates are released quickly and without sanction.
36. The new measures are aimed at tightening existing sanctions.
37. There is every likelihood that sanctions will work.
38. Many nations still had not dropped sanctions against South Africa.
39. The government refused to sanction a further cut in interest rates.
40. The threat of sanctions is our most powerful lever for peace.
41. The Security Council will consider taking future actions against sanction-busters.
42. There was general acquiescence in the UN sanctions.
43. Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions.
44. As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead.
45. The sanctions are not working the way they were intended.
46. Our correspondent has been assessing the impact of the sanctions.
47. The economic sanctions have been lifted.
48. The sanctions ban the sale of any products excepting medical supplies and food.