sanction
Noun
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is a type of: approval, commendation - a message expressing a favorable opinionsubtypes:
- o.k., ok, okay, okeh, okey - an endorsement
- visa - an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
- nihil obstat - the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church
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is a type of: social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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is a type of: permission - approval to do something
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is a type of: authorisation, authorization, empowerment - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrantsubtypes:
- benefit of clergy - sanction by a religious rite
- name - by the sanction or authority of
- nihil obstat - authoritative approval
Verb
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