What Does Sanctionative Mean?
Involving or Implying Sanction: Serving or Tending to Sanction the Functions of the Guardian Were Either Administrative or Sanctionative— Edward Poste. What...
: involving or implying sanction : serving or tending to sanction the functions of the guardian were either administrative or sanctionative— Edward Poste.
What does it mean when you are sanctioned?
sanction Add to list Share. Sanction has two nearly opposite meanings: to sanction can be to approve of something, but it can also mean to punish, or speak harshly to. Likewise, a sanction can be a punishment or approval. Very confusing — the person who invented this word should be publicly sanctioned!
What kind of word is sanction?
Sanction can be both a verb and a noun meaning "authoritative approval" or "a coercive measure." The noun entered English first, in the 15th century, and originally referred to a formal decree or law, especially an ecclesiastical decree.
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