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Sanctioned

Sanction \Sanc"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctioning.] To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.

Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments.
--De Quincey.

Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.

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sanctioned

vb. (en-past of: sanction)

WordNet
sanctioned
  1. adj. conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis [syn: canonic, canonical]

  2. formally approved and invested with legal authority [syn: ratified]

  3. established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates" [syn: approved]

Usage examples of "sanctioned".

In 1617, a year after the Shogun's death, a feudal lord in Edo petitioned the Tokugawa government to allow him to create a sanctioned area within the city for baishun.

This doctrine has been, in a certain degree sanctioned by the federal executive.

It must be meant too that this recommendation is to carry some authority, and to be sanctioned by some penalty on those who disregard it.

I cannot, therefore, but hope, that the patriots in and out of your legislature, acting in phalanx, but temperately and wisely, pressing unremittingly the principles omitted in the late capitulation of the king, and watching the occasions which the course of events will create, may get those principles engrafted into it, and sanctioned by the solemnity of a national act.

And we believe that this proximate choice and power of removal is the best security which experience has sanctioned for ensuring an honest conduct in the functionaries of society.

Intermixed with these, again, are sublime ideas of the Supreme Being, aphorisms and precepts of the purest morality and benevolence, sanctioned by a life of humility, innocence and simplicity of manners, neglect of riches, absence of worldly ambition and honors, with an eloquence and persuasiveness which have not been surpassed.

I’ve made the sanctioned hits that I was hired by my country to make, and I don’t believe the decision was ever lightly made.

These little gatherings, moreover, are sanctioned, encouraged by the powers above.

He sends to each Departmental Assembly the decrees which he has sanctioned, requesting it to transmit them and cause them to be carried out.