Sanction and Veto

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Sanction

Sanction noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.
Usage example: you cannot make a student video without your faculty advisor's sanction of its subject matter prior to shooting
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Veto is an antonym for sanction in topics: permit, permission, authorize, authorization, embargo.
Nearby Words: sanctioned, sanctity, sanctioning

Veto

Veto noun - An order that something not be done or used.
Usage example: management's veto of our suggestion about allowing casual dress on Fridays
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Sanction is an antonym for veto in topics: refuse permission, refusal of permission.
Nearby Words: vetoed, vetoing
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How words are described

final final sanction final veto

Common collocations

action sanction action veto action
marriage sanction marriage veto marriage
actions sanction actions veto actions

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Northanger Abbey Parental Marriage Veto: In the ITV version, aside from the General putting his foot down on Catherine and Henry, Henry mentions that the General has refused to sanction Eleanor's marriage to Edward, the young man she loves, because Edward is only a second son.
    Source: Literature / Northanger Abbey
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