An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

(transitive) To ratify; to make valid. / (transitive) To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance. / (transitive) To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.

present participle of sanction

simple past tense and past participle of sanction

plural of sanction

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sanction

That can be sanctioned.

someone or something who sanctions

In a manner or to a degree that is sanctionable.

The quality of being sanctionable.