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Sanctioning

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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sanctioning

vb. (present participle of sanction English)

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sanctioning

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 .