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nounofficial permission or approval
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verbgive sanction to
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nounformal and explicit approval
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nouna mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standardstype of:
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verbgive authority or permission to
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verbgive religious sanction to, such as through on oath
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"it had the sanction of the church"nounthe act of final authorizationtype of:
Definition that contains sanction
- authorized sanctioned by established authority
- constitutional sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- authorised sanctioned by established authority
- authoritative sanctioned by established authority
- benefit of clergy sanction by a religious rite
- licit sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality