Similar words: sanction, sanctity, sanctimonious, unction, function, extinction, and function, distinction. Meaning: ['sæŋkʃn] adj. 1. conforming to orthodox or recognized rules 2. formally approved and invested with legal authority 3. established by authority; given authoritative approval.
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61 And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.
62 An illegal struggle takes illegal forms is not sanctioned by the enemy.
63 Moreover(sentencedict .com), our corporate culture has sanctioned this objective by codifying it as a fiduciary obligation of any corporate executive.
64 Negotiators pledged that North Korea could have a nuclear energy program for civil electric generation by meeting internationally sanctioned safeguards.
65 The principle sanctioned by fiat what was evidently empirically correct but not yet logically established.
66 After a heated exchange it was eventually agreed that the victory on Avignor had been the Emperor's divine will, and because of the Repressor should be included in the canon of sanctioned vehicles.
67 Any simulating action anywhere on the field , which is intended to deceive the referee, must be sanctioned as unsporting behaviour.
68 Sexual pleasure between Greek male citizens and boys was legitimate and socially sanctioned, however if the boy become a free citizen (an equal) their sexual practice become problematised.
69 In all ways, it's worse than the Jim Crow laws were in the American South because it's completely sanctioned by religion.
70 The popular urban street pastime called Double Dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools.
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