English-Portuguese translations for sanction

sançãoSanção contra sanção, retaliação contra retaliação. Sanction for sanction, retaliation for retaliation.
sancionarNão conseguimos sancionar, de facto, qualquer responsabilidade individual. We have not really sanctioned any individual responsibilities. O nosso Parlamento não deve sancionar esta violação séria do princípio da democracia europeia. Our Parliament must not sanction this serious breach of the principle of European democracy. Isso significa que, em matéria de governação económica, sancionar os Estados-Membros não é suficiente. This means that sanctioning Member States is not enough when it comes to economic governance.

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

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

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