Synonyms of sanctioning

sanctioning 1 of 2

noun

as in approval

Related Words

• approval
• permission
• endorsement
• clearance
• ratification
• authorization
• legislation
• passing
• enactment
• institution
• founding
• establishment
• validation
• legitimization
• formalization
• legalization
• legitimation

Dissimilar Words

• veto
• overruling
• abolition
• cancellation
• override
• dissolution
• avoidance
• overturn
• repeal
• abrogation
• annulment
• abatement
• abolishment
• invalidation
• nullification
• negation
• abortion
• voiding
• defeasance
• countermand
• quashing
• recall
• rescindment
• calling off

sanctioning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of sanction

as in approving

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approving
• ratifying
• confirming
• endorsing
• authorizing
• finalizing
• accepting
• formalizing
• accrediting
• signing
• warranting
• acknowledging
• homologating
• approbating
• affirming
• clearing
• validating
• certifying
• OK'ing
• permitting
• blessing
• enabling
• legalizing
• sanctifying
• licensing
• passing
• allowing
• canonizing
• rubber-stamping
• initialing
• reapproving
• signing off (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• rejecting
• prohibiting
• declining
• disallowing
• vetoing
• disapproving
• forbidding
• banning
• proscribing
• enjoining
• negativing
• turning down
• ignoring
• interdicting
• disregarding
• neglecting
• refusing
• overlooking
• illegalizing
• spurning
• rebutting
• rebuffing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sanctioning

Noun

The City of Boca Raton has no official involvement regarding the sanctioning of the party, a spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026

The sanctioning of high school sports is critical to allow student-athletes to safely participate in sports without the risk of exploitation. — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

There is increasing international condemnation and sanctioning of some of the government’s more prominent members who are accused of using genocidal language against the Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere. — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2025

Verb

As girls’ flag football surges and flag readies for a starring role at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, state officials brace for a broader debate over sanctioning boys’ flag statewide. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Big 12 administrators also met to consider sanctioning Texas Tech or Sorsby. — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 15 June 2026

The Oklahoma attorney general’s letter rejected the idea that the Big 12 sanctioning Texas Tech would represent antitrust violations. — Justin Williams, New York Times, 12 June 2026

Those recent incidents and issues have caused NJ Transit — which agreed to carry 40,000 passengers per game in an arrangement with soccer sanctioning body FIFA — to adopt a belt-and-suspenders approach. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026

The safest play in college sports is to violate the NCAA rule book and then just sue should the sanctioning body dare try to punish you. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026

In February, Santiago Gallon was killed in Mexico, and news stories rehashed his role in sanctioning the hit on Escobar. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026

The administration is also sanctioning Díaz-Canel’s wife and Cuba’s unofficial first lady, Lis Cuesta Peraza, and Díaz-Canel’s stepson, Manuel Anido Cuesta, as well as Castro Espín’s son, Raúl Alejandro Castro Calis. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026

Walker-Yeager is alleging that the court is illegally favoring the prosecution in the case by not sanctioning the state for not submitting that information earlier. — Sofi Zeman june 2, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026