Word of the Day - September 29, 2022
SANCTION
- action by one state against another to force compliance with an obligation
- means both to give effective or authoritative approval or consent to and to impose a penalty or economically or militarily coercive measures.
- permission or approval
- to authorize (to give permission for) [v SANCTIONED, SANCTIONING, SANCTIONS]
- to authorize [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to authorize; approve
