Look up: sanction

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   sanction
   approval (by authority) penalty 
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   Sanction
   Reprimand that gives binding force to a law or rule, or secures obedience to it, as the penalty for breaking it, or a reward for carrying it out. The government and its agencies can sanction hospitals, providers and health plans. Health plans sometimes seek to sanction hospitals and physicians. Medical staffs sometimes seek sanctions against its members.
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   Sanction
   A mode of reward or punishment that reinforces socially expected forms of behaviour.
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   sanction
   [n] - formal and explicit approval 2. [n] - the act of final authorization 3. [n] - a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society`s standards 4. [v] - give authority or permission to 5. [v] - give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
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   sanction
   Economic or military measure taken by a state or number of states to enforce international law. The first use of sanctions, as a trade embargo, was the attempted economic boycott of Italy 1935-36...
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   sanction
   permission or social approval of any act or form of behaviour or the legal provisions for the enforcement of a legal or social imperative,and according the penalty for its violation Category: Law
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   Sanction
   A penalty imposed on a person involved in a case if he or she, for example, fails to comply with directions or refuses to consider an alternative to court. Even though a person wins a case, the judge may order them to pay the other party`s costs
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   Sanction
   Sanc'tion noun [ Latin sanctio , from sancire , sanctum to render sacred or inviolable, to fix unalterably: confer French sanction . See Saint .] 1. Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to ...
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   Sanction
   Sanc'tion transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sanctioned ; present participle & verbal noun Sanctioning .] To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve. « Would have counseled, or even sanctioned , such perilous experiments.» De Quincey. Syn. -- To ratify; confirm; authorize; count ...
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    sanction
    countenance noun formal and explicit approval; `a Democrat usually gets the union`s endorsement`
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    sanction
    noun official permission or approval; `authority for the program was renewed several times`
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    Sanction
    • (n.) Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation. • (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal s...
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    sanction
    in the social sciences, a reaction (or the threat or promise of a reaction) by members of a social group indicating approval or disapproval of a ... [23 related articles]
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    sanction
    sanction (Janus word) To allow plus to prohibit or to punish.
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    Sanction
    1. To approve or give permission for an action, as when an international organization sanctions the use of particular economic policies. 2. A coercive measure used by a nation or group of nations against another as a penalty for violating international law or international norms. Usually plural: sanctions.
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    sanction
    
    1. formal and explicit approval
    2. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
    3. official permission or approval
    4. the act of final authorization
    
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    sanction
    sanction, in law and ethics, any inducement to individuals or groups to follow or refrain from following a particular course of conduct. All societies impose sanctions on their members in order to encourage approved behavior. These sanctions range from formal legal statutes to informal and customary...
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    Sanction
    A sanction is anything which serves to move (and, in this sense, to oblige) a man to observe or to refrain from a given mode of conduct, any source of motivation, and hence, on a hedonistic theory, any source of pleasure or pain. Gay and Bentham distinguished four such sanctions: the natural or physical sanction, i.e., the ordinary course of natu...
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