'Sanctioning' definitions:
Definition of 'sanctioning'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative" [syn: sanctionative, sanctioning]
Definition of 'Sanctioning'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance. [1913 Webster]