English-Danish translations for sanction

• sanktion
  Sanktion for sanktion, gengældelse for gengældelse. Sanction for sanction, retaliation for retaliation.
  Desuden er entydige sanktioner påkrævet. Unambiguous sanctions are also required.
  De siger, at det ikke er sanktioner. You say they are not sanctions.

Definition of sanction

• An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid
• A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body
• A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above
• To ratify; to make valid
• To penalize with sanctions

Examples

• The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government
• The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa

Related words

• sanctioning
• unsanctioned
• consequence sanction