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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. implying sanction or serving to sanction;
- Example: "the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative"
[syn: sanctionative, sanctioning]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sanction \Sanc"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Sanctioning.]
   To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
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         Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous
         experiments.                             --De Quincey.
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   Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sanctioning
    adj 1: implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's
           duties were primarily sanctionative rather than
           administrative" [syn: sanctionative, sanctioning]