Sanction
Meaning of Sanction
Official permission; a penalty for breaking rules.
ما معنى كلمة Sanction بالعربي؟
عقوبة أو قيد قانوني لفرض السلوك
⚖️🚫 عقوبة أو قيد قانوني لفرض السلوك؛ إجراء رسمي لمنع أو معاقبة السلوك الخاطئ؛ تدبير قانوني يُطبق لضمان الالتزام بالقوانين والقواعد، ويهدف لردع المُخالفين وحماية المجتمع من السلوكيات الضارة والمُخلة بالنظام ⚖️🚫
قصة GL: العقوبة الطبيعية للعقل المُهمل في شكل تدهور القدرات - إجراء رسمي للطبيعة، التدبير القانوني الذي يفرضه الدماغ على نفسه عند عدم الاستخدام، والذي تُعالجه تقنيات التعلم الجيني لإلغاء هذه العقوبة 🔓
Sanction in a sentence
Sanction by an ethics board was obtained before recruitment.
Trade sanctions affected supply.
Sanctions may be imposed for breach.
Students learn that sanction can mean approve or punish.
Origin of Sanction
From Latin sanctio, from sancire 'to make sacred'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, sanction has opposite senses. GL documents clarify which is meant.
Sanction audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Sanction" — noun, pronounced /ˈsæŋkʃn/, with the stress on "sanc".
Narrator: A sanction is an official penalty for breaking a rule, or official permission to do something.
Narrator: In plain English, it can mean a punishment or an approval.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin sanctio, a decree.
Narrator: A common collocation is "impose sanctions", which describes penalties on a country.
Narrator: It differs from "fine", because a fine is money, while a sanction can be any penalty.
Narrator: In a second sense, to sanction something can mean to approve it, the opposite idea.
Narrator: Politics, law, sport and business all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a sanction can punish, or permit.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why can't that country trade freely?
Speaker B: SANCTIONS! It comes from Latin sanctio, a decree.
Speaker A: From many nations?
Speaker B: Most of Europe.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The UN imposed sanctions", politics. "The club faced sanctions for crowd trouble", sport. "The plan was sanctioned by the board", business.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Check context, because sanction can mean punish or approve.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Penalty is its cousin, embargo its twin, and approval an alternative — yet sanction keeps its double-edged charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "sanction" in AI prompts — useful for compliance and news explainers.
Speaker A: How for compliance?
Speaker B: Screen names.
Prompt: Check this customer list against sanctions lists and flag possible matches.
Speaker A: And news?
Speaker B: Explain simply.
Prompt: Explain how economic sanctions work in five neutral sentences.
Speaker A: Could it help HR?
Speaker B: Yes, for policies.
Prompt: Write a disciplinary policy listing fair sanctions for repeated lateness.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Clarity.
Prompt: Rewrite this sentence so it is clear whether sanction means approve or punish.
Frequently asked questions about Sanction
What does Sanction mean?
Official permission; a penalty for breaking rules.
ما معنى كلمة Sanction بالعربي؟
عقوبة أو قيد قانوني لفرض السلوك — ⚖️🚫 عقوبة أو قيد قانوني لفرض السلوك؛ إجراء رسمي لمنع أو معاقبة السلوك الخاطئ؛ تدبير قانوني يُطبق لضمان الالتزام بالقوانين والقواعد، ويهدف لردع المُخالفين وحماية المجتمع من السلوكيات الضارة والمُخلة بالنظام ⚖️🚫
How do you pronounce Sanction?
Sanction is pronounced /ˈsæŋkʃn/ and is used as a noun / verb.
How is Sanction used in a sentence?
Sanction by an ethics board was obtained before recruitment.
What are synonyms of Sanction?
approval, authorise, penalty, embargo, ban, endorse.