Crossword clues for sanctioning
sanctioning
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sanction English)
WordNet
adj. implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative" [syn: sanctionative]
Usage examples of "sanctioning".
It seems obvious to us that you were unable to make the sanction target reveal himself, and so you took the sure, if grimly uneconomical, path of sanctioning all three men.
Not to mention sanctioning the brutal punishment of people unable to pay their debts .