The meaning of Sanctioned

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

verb

Give credit to (someone) for something.

Usage examples:

He was accredited with being one of the world's fastest sprinters

verb

Let (someone) have or do something.

Usage examples:

The dissident was allowed to leave the country

verb

To let someone do something or let something happen; permit

Usage examples:

You’re not allowed to talk during the exam., are you allowed in the building on weekends?, video li…

verb

To make it possible for someone to do something, or to not prevent something from happening

Usage examples:

Allow sb/sth to do sth the website allows consumers to compare the prices of all energy and telepho…

verb

Officially agree to or accept as satisfactory.

Usage examples:

The budget was approved by parliament

verb

To have a good opinion of someone or something

Usage examples:

I wish my mother approved of my friends., finally the court approved the sale of the property.

verb

To accept, allow, or officially agree to something

Usage examples:

The measure was approved by the senate committee on local and municipal affairs., the aluminum prod…

verb

Give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent).

Usage examples:

The troops were authorized to use force

noun

The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.

Usage examples:

He lay on his back

adverb

In the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards.

Usage examples:

He moved back a pace

verb

Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Usage examples:

He had a newspaper empire backing him

verb

Declare one's public approval or support of.

Usage examples:

The report was endorsed by the college

noun

Give support or one's approval to

verb

To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone

Usage examples:

We’re not endorsing tax increases., my wife has publicly endorsed lunny for city council., he endor…

verb

Grant a licence to.

Usage examples:

A pub has to be licensed by the local justices

noun

A permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic drink).

Usage examples:

A gun licence

noun

An official document that gives you permission to own, do, or use something

Usage examples:

A fishing/export/driver’s license, poetic/artistic license, she’s licensed to teach elementary scho…

verb

Officially allow (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke

noun

An official document giving someone authorization to do something.

Usage examples:

He is only in britain on a work permit

noun

A deep-bodied fish of the jack family, found in warm waters of the western atlantic and caribbean and caught for food and sport.

Usage examples:

He told me that there were snook and tarpon (as i already knew) and there were large bonefish and p…

verb

Inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code.

Usage examples:

I have done wrong and i'm being punished for it

verb

To cause people who have done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer by making them do something they don’t want to do or sending them to prison

Usage examples:

She was punished for being late to school., swimming in the potomac is punishable by a fine., [ c ]…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

noun

A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.

Usage examples:

Magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest

verb

Justify or necessitate (a course of action).

Usage examples:

The employees feel that industrial action is warranted

verb

To make a particular action necessary or correct, or to be a reason to do something

Usage examples:

His injury was serious enough to warrant an operation., i can see circumstances in which these type…