āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
sanction
/sËÉËnkĘÉn/
to sanction
01
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to officially approve of something such as an action, change, practice, etc.
Transitive: to sanction an action or practice
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The bank manager had the authority to sanction large financial transactions after a thorough review.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to officially approve or validate a proposal or agreement
Transitive: to sanction a proposal or agreement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The government sanctioned the treaty, solidifying the agreement between the two nations.
āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§, āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to impose a penalty or punitive measure upon an individual, entity, or action
Transitive: to sanction a person or institution | to sanction a person or institution for an action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The disciplinary committee sanctioned the student for plagiarism.
āĻļā§āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Sanction
01
āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž
an order officially put to limit contact or trade with a particular country that has not obeyed international law
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The United Nations imposed sanctions on the dictator's regime to pressure them into compliance with human rights standards.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
formal and official approval or authorization
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The project moved forward with government sanction.
03
a social control mechanism used to enforce societal norms or standards
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
sanctionative
sanctioned
sanctioning
sanction
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
