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v. Simple past tense and past participle of sanction.

adj. formally approved and invested with legal authority

adj. conforming to orthodox or recognized rules

adj. established by authority; given authoritative approval

"And accordingly, without any petty distinctions of party, or class, or creed, they decided to band themselves into a body of volunteers and they adopted a title sanctioned in Irish history -- namely, the Irish"

sanctioned    sanctioning    sanctions   

approve    okay    OK    social control    authorize    authorise    empower    permission   

external sanction    psychological sanction    moral sanction    sanctioning right    physical sanction    remuneratory sanction    political sanction    internal sanction    popular sanction    social sanction   

authority    support    ratification    authorization    countenance    confirmation    approbation    authorize    ratify    confirm   

approbation    consent    jurisdiction    mandate    obligation    decree    ordinance    prohibition    justification    intervention