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Antonyms for sanctioned

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sangk-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæŋk ʃən


Definition of sanctioned

Origin :
  • early 15c., "confirmation or enactment of a law," from Latin sanctionem (nominative sanctio) "act of decreeing or ordaining," also "decree, ordinance," noun of action from past participle stem of sancire "to decree, confirm, ratify, make sacred" (see saint (n.)). Originally especially of ecclesiastical decrees.
  • adj authorized
Example sentences :
  • If his accession had seemed even a likely thing at the time, it would not have been sanctioned.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Some of the most flagrant of these, if not encouraged, have at least been sanctioned by the whites.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • How could anything that was wrong be sanctioned by the gods?
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • Its publication we may be sure would never have been sanctioned by Johnson.
  • Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
  • The appointment of all government officials is to be sanctioned by her.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • Time and events have sanctioned it; age has but strengthened it.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • Suddenly she felt that whatever he sanctioned must be right.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
  • It was invalid because it had been obtained by force, and invalid because it had not been sanctioned by the Pope.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • It shall never be said I sanctioned the doom of other men and shrank from my own.
  • Extract from : « The Bronze Hand » by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)

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