2. Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of
another; as, legal sanctions.
Syn. -- Ratification; authorization; authority; countenance; support.
Sanc"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sanctioning.] To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous
experiments.
De Quincey.
Syn. -- To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.
Sanc"tion*a*ry (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction.
Sanc"ti*tude (?), n. [L. sanctitudo.] Holiness; sacredness; sanctity.
[R.] Milton.
Sanc"ti*ty (?), n.; pl. Sanctities (#). [L. sanctitas, from sanctus
holy. See Saint.] 1. The state or quality of being sacred or holy;
holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the
imputation of irreligion.
Macaulay.
2. Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as,
the sanctity of an oath.