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v. Present participle of sanction.

adj. implying sanction or serving to sanction

"Last year the federation collected $2.9 million in sanctioning fees, up from $1.7 million in 2008."

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