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Sanction: meaning, example and synonyms

Sanctionv. To give official permission or approval for an action.

Flashcard for Sanction (verb): to give official permission or approval for an action. Example: The university's ethics board declined to sanction the study until the researchers revised their consent forms to explain every risk to participants. Synonyms: authorize, approve, endorse, permit. Antonyms: prohibit, forbid, veto, disallow. Memory tip: Here sanction means approve: a sanctioned plan has the official go-ahead. Illustration: a committee of scientists seated around a long wooden table, the chairperson smiling and pressing an approval stamp onto a blank document; people drawn naturally and fully clothed, no logos, signs, flags, written words or sound effects.

Example

The university's ethics board declined to sanction the study until the researchers revised their consent forms to explain every risk to participants.

Part of speech
verb
Synonyms
authorize, approve, endorse, permit
Antonyms
prohibit, forbid, veto, disallow
Memory tip
Here sanction means approve: a sanctioned plan has the official go-ahead.

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Question 1

The city council refused to ______ the construction of the tower until engineers proved that it would not destabilize the neighboring buildings.

Question 2

Because the hospital's review board had formally ______ the trial, the researchers could begin enrolling volunteers that week.

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