sanction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
formal and explicit approval
a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
Types & categories
- commendation hypernym
- O.K. hyponym
- visa hyponym
- nihil obstat hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give sanction to
I approve of his educational policies
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- disapprove antonym
- blessing derivation
- approbation derivation
- sanction derivation
- O.K. derivation
- approver derivation
- approving derivation
Sense 3 noun
a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
Types & categories
- social control hypernym
Related & opposite
- sanction derivation
Sense 4 verb
give authority or permission to
Types & categories
- authorise hypernym
Related & opposite
- sanction derivation
- sanction derivation
- sanction derivation
- sanctionative derivation
Sense 5 noun
official permission or approval
authority for the program was renewed several times
Types & categories
- permission hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
sanctify the marriage
Types & categories
- sanction hypernym
Related & opposite
- sanction derivation
Sense 7 noun
the act of final authorization
it had the sanction of the church
Types & categories
- empowerment hypernym
- benefit of clergy hyponym
- name hyponym
- nihil obstat hyponym
Related & opposite
- sanction derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | endorse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | commendation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | O.K. |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | visa |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nihil obstat |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | disapprove |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blessing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | approbation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | O.K. |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | approver |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | approving |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | authorize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sanction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | visa |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | back |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | confirm |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | social control |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanctionative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | authorise |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | permission |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sanction |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | empowerment |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | benefit of clergy |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | name |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | nihil obstat |