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sanctioning   (TTS Sound)

The verb sanction has 3 senses

• approve, O.K., okay, sanction -- (give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies")


• sanction -- (give authority or permission to)


• sanction -- (give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage")

The adj sanctioning has 1 sense

• sanctionative, sanctioning -- (implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative")