Thesaurus / sanction
FEEDBACK- accredit
- allow
- approve
- certify
- empower
- endorse
- permit
- ratify
- warrant
- back
- bless
- commission
- countenance
- license
- okay
- support
- get behind
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- give the nod
- go for
- vouch for
antonyms for sanction
MOST RELEVANT
- deny
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- invalidate
- oppose
- protest
- refuse
- reject
- revoke
- discourage
- veto
- prevent
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At a time the EU wants to impose sanctions on Belarus over the crackdown on peaceful protesters there, Greece and Cyprus are quietly holding that plan to ransom — insisting they’ll only sign on if Turkey too is placed under sanctions.
BUTTERFLY EFFECT: THE NEXT U.S.-RUSSIA CONFLICT THEATER COULD BE THE MEDITERRANEANCHARU KASTURISEPTEMBER 17, 2020OZYChina telecom manufacturer Huawei Technologies is facing new sanctions in the United States.
‘WORK TO YOUR STRENGTH’: HUAWEI’S CTO WEIGHS IN ON U.S. EFFORTS TO BUILD A HUAWEI ALTERNATIVEVETA CHANAUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNEThis could stimulate a movement for deeper sanctions against Putin.
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT BELARUSTRACY MORANAUGUST 17, 2020OZYThe EU imposed sanctions after similar repressive actions following the 2010 election, and some member states are already raising the possibility of applying them again.
BELARUS ELECTION: CONTESTED RESULT SPARKS MASSIVE UNREST AS EUROPE’S ‘LAST DICTATOR’ CLAIMS VICTORYLGBTQ-EDITORAUGUST 12, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSDisciplinary sanctions are few and reserved for the most egregious cases.
POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE OFTEN HAVE A HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS BY CITIZENSLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 1, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSAnother example is when we put economic sanctions on South Vietnam in 1963.
SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY BIG DATA (EP. 395)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 31, 2019FREAKONOMICSIndeed, this symbol is no less appropriate than the one just considered, and has equally the sanction of Scripture.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWHe was desired by the speaker to withdraw, as no affirmation could be made without the sanction of the house.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANThey became engaged, and Gibbon implored her to marry him without waiting for the sanction of his father.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBONPlay-writers heralded it on the stage, bestowing upon it the passport of literary sanction.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANWORDS RELATED TO SANCTION
- acceptance
- acknowledgment
- acquiescence
- admission
- agreement
- allowance
- approbation
- approval
- assent
- authorization
- avowal
- canonization
- carte blanche
- concession
- concurrence
- condonance
- condonation
- consent
- dispensation
- empowerment
- endorsement
- freedom
- imprimatur
- indulgence
- leave
- letting
- liberty
- license
- okay
- permit
- privilege
- promise
- recognition
- rubber stamp
- sanctification
- sanction
- stamp of approval
- sufferance
- tolerance
- toleration
- verification
- warrant
- abet
- accede
- accept
- acquiesce
- admit
- agree
- allow
- approbate
- approve
- authorize
- bless
- blink at
- boost
- buy
- charter
- concede
- concur
- condone
- consent
- empower
- enable
- endorse
- endure
- franchise
- give a thumbs-up
- give leave
- give permission
- go for
- grant
- have
- humor
- indulge
- leave
- let
- let pass
- license
- okay
- pass
- privilege
- sanctify
- sanction
- say yes
- shake on
- sign
- sign off on
- suffer
- take kindly to
- tolerate
- warrant
- wink at
- aid
- ascendancy
- asset
- assistance
- authority
- avail
- blessing
- boon
- break
- choice
- comfort
- convenience
- dominance
- edge
- eminence
- expediency
- favor
- gain
- good
- gratification
- help
- hold
- improvement
- influence
- interest
- lead
- leeway
- leg up
- leverage
- luck
- mastery
- odds
- position
- power
- pre-eminence
- precedence
- preference
- prestige
- prevalence
- profit
- protection
- recognition
- resources
- return
- sanction
- starting
- superiority
- support
- supremacy
- upper hand
- utility
- wealth
- aids
- ascendancy
- assets
- assistance
- authorities
- avail
- blessings
- boons
- breaks
- choices
- comforts
- conveniences
- dominance
- edges
- eminences
- expediencies
- favors
- gains
- goods
- gratifications
- helps
- holds
- improvements
- influences
- interests
- leads
- leeway
- leg-ups
- leverage
- luck
- mastery
- odds
- positions
- powers
- pre-eminence
- precedence
- preferences
- prestige
- prevalence
- profits
- protections
- recognitions
- resources
- returns
- sanctions
- startings
- superiorities
- supports
- supremacy
- upper hands
- utilities
- wealth
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