Thesaurus / sanctions
FEEDBACKsynonyms for sanctions
synonyms for sanctions
- ratify
- warrant
- empower
- certify
- allow
- endorse
- accredit
- approve
- permit
- okay
- license
- support
- back
- bless
- commission
- countenance
- go for
- vouch for
- get behind
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- give the nod
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antonyms for sanctions
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- discourage
- oppose
- disagree
- prevent
- veto
- protest
- disapprove
- disallow
- invalidate
- reject
- refuse
- revoke
- deny
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It is best not to dig and delve for a meaning, Miss Tessa; society sanctions many phrases that you would not speak in sincerity.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATERMamma sanctions the gift, so you need have no scruples about accepting them.
ERNEST LINWOODCAROLINE LEE HENTZThe complaint that it sanctions 'expediency' is a simple fallacy.
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME II (OF 3)LESLIE STEPHENEvery command that sanctions it, sanctions every exercise of Covenanting in which it is used.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMFurthermore, the repressive character of the sanctions which are attached to it is sensibly less accentuated.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGYROBERT E. PARKIt is the cap, not the man, and his wisdom, that sanctions and legalizes his various acts.
THE HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYLEO WIENERSupernatural sanctions and emotional coloring are products of general experience and feeling.
INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONSCRAWFORD HOWELL TOYBut then Rome allows and sanctions what must almost necessarily involve things to which I cannot reconcile myself.
JOURNAL IN FRANCE IN 1845 AND 1848 WITH LETTERS FROM ITALY IN 1847T. W. (THOMAS WILLIAM) ALLIESThey are consequently apt to become scoffers, and to attempt to turn religion and its sanctions into ridicule.
ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN UPON FIRST GOING TO OXFORDEDWARD BERENSSo soon as the treaties on this subject shall have received their constitutional sanctions they shall be laid before both Houses.
A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTSEDITED BY JAMES D. RICHARDSON