OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2251

sanction

/ˈsæŋkʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aprobación • autorización • decreto
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
The idea that it was more comfortable in the house than out of it, did much towards reconciling his lordship. He felt positively glad that, as his wife had acted without his sancti…
The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government.
decreto • sanción
A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 2252

sanction

/ˈsæŋkʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aprobar • autorizar • ratificar
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned in…
The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.
empurar • sancionar
To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.
The generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes — ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned count…
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