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sanction

noun
/ˈsæŋkʃən//ˈseɪ̯ŋkʃən/CA

Etymology

From Middle French sanction, from Latin sānctiō.

  1. derived from sānctiō
  2. derived from sanction

Definitions

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

    • The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government.

  2. A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance

    A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.

    • The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.

  3. A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any…

    A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To ratify

      To ratify; to make valid.

    2. To give official authorization or approval to

      To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.

      • The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.
      • Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.

    3. To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.

      • The generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes — ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries — a tech startup found.

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Derived

antisanction, antisanctions, countersanction, cybersanctions, nonsanction, pragmatic sanction, presanction, presanctions, sanctional, sanctionary, sanctioneer, sanctionism, sanctionist, sanctionless, secondary sanction, nonsanctioned, resanction, sanctionability, sanctionable, sanctioner, sanctionment, unsanctioned, unsanctioning

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sanction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at sanction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at sanction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA