Sanctioning

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sanction \Sanc"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sanctioned}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Sanctioning}.]
     To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
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           Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous


           experiments.                             --De Quincey.
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     Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sanctioning
       adj : implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's
             duties were primarily sanctionative rather than
             administrative" [syn: {sanctionative}]