sanction

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From Middle French sanction, from Latin sānctiō.

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разреше́ние (razrešénie) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Bulgarian: одобре́ние (odobrénie) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Catalan: aprovació — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Chinese Mandarin: 批准 (pīzhǔn) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Chinese Mandarin: 同意 (tóngyì) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Chinese Mandarin: 認可 /认可 (rènkě) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Danish: godkendelse — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Danish: tilladelse — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Dutch: bekrachtiging — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Dutch: erkenning — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Dutch: sanctie — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Finnish: hyväksyntä — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• French: approbation — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• French: validation — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Georgian: სანქცია (sankcia) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• German: Billigung — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• German: Sanktionierung — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Greek: κύρωση (kýrosi) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Greek: επικύρωση (epikýrosi) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Ancient Greek: νεῦμα (neûma) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Hindi: अनुज्ञप्ति (anujñapti) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Hindi: मंजूरी (mañjūrī) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Italian: approvazione — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Italian: convalida — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Italian: ratifica — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Japanese: 承認 (shōnin) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Japanese: 認可 (ninka) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Japanese: 許可 (kyoka) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Korean: 승인 (seung'in) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Korean: 인가 (in'ga) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Norwegian Bokmål: godkjennelse — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Norwegian Bokmål: tillatelse — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Polish: sankcja — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Portuguese: sanção — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Romanian: sancțiune — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Romanian: aprobare — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Russian: са́нкция (sánkcija) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Russian: разреше́ние (razrešénije) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Russian: одобре́ние (odobrénije) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀нкција — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Serbo-Croatian: sànkcija — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Spanish: autorización — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Spanish: aprobación — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Spanish: decreto — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Swahili: kwazo — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Turkish: müeyyide — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Turkish: müeyyideler — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Turkish: müeyyidat — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Ottoman Turkish: تصویب (tasvib) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Ukrainian: са́нкція (sánkcija) — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Vietnamese: sự phê chuẩn — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Vietnamese: sự chấp nhận — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Vietnamese: sự đồng ý — approval, by an authority, that makes something valid
• Albanian: sanksion — penalty or coercive measure
• Arabic: عِقَاب (ʕiqāb) — penalty or coercive measure
• Arabic: إِسْتِحْسَان (ʔistiḥsān) — penalty or coercive measure
• Arabic: إِعْتِمَاد (ʔiʕtimād) — penalty or coercive measure
• Arabic: عُقُوبَة (ʕuqūba) — penalty or coercive measure
• Armenian: պատժամիջոց (patžamiǰocʻ) — penalty or coercive measure
• Armenian: սանկցիա (sankcʻia) — penalty or coercive measure
• Azerbaijani: sanksiya — penalty or coercive measure
• Belarusian: са́нкцыя (sánkcyja) — penalty or coercive measure
• Bulgarian: са́нкция (sánkcija) — penalty or coercive measure
• Bulgarian: наказа́ние (nakazánie) — penalty or coercive measure
• Catalan: sanció — penalty or coercive measure
• Chinese Cantonese: 制裁 (zai3 coi4) — penalty or coercive measure
• Chinese Mandarin: 制裁 (zhìcái) — penalty or coercive measure
• Chinese Mandarin: 刑罰 /刑罚 (xíngfá) — penalty or coercive measure
• Czech: sankce — penalty or coercive measure
• Danish: sanktion — penalty or coercive measure
• Dutch: sanctie — penalty or coercive measure
• Esperanto: sankcio — penalty or coercive measure
• Estonian: sanktsioon — penalty or coercive measure
• Finnish: pakote — penalty or coercive measure
• Finnish: sanktio — penalty or coercive measure
• Finnish: seuraamus — penalty or coercive measure
• French: sanction — penalty or coercive measure
• Georgian: სანქცია (sankcia) — penalty or coercive measure
• German: Sanktion — penalty or coercive measure
• Greek: κύρωση (kýrosi) — penalty or coercive measure
• Ancient Greek: κύρωσις (kúrōsis) — penalty or coercive measure
• Hebrew: עיצום (itsúm) — penalty or coercive measure
• Hebrew: עונש (ónesh) — penalty or coercive measure
• Hebrew: גמול (gmul) — penalty or coercive measure
• Hebrew: פעולת עונשין (peulát onshín) — penalty or coercive measure
• Hebrew: סנקציה (sánktsya) — penalty or coercive measure
• Hindi: प्रतिबंध (pratibandh) — penalty or coercive measure
• Hungarian: szankció — penalty or coercive measure
• Indonesian: sanksi — penalty or coercive measure
• Italian: sanzione — penalty or coercive measure
• Japanese: 制裁 (seisai) — penalty or coercive measure
• Japanese: 刑罰 (keibatsu) — penalty or coercive measure
• Kazakh: санкция (sanksiä) — penalty or coercive measure
• Khmer: ទណ្ឌកម្ម (tŏəndĕəʼ kam) — penalty or coercive measure
• Korean: 제재 (jejae) — penalty or coercive measure
• Korean: 형벌 (hyeongbeol) — penalty or coercive measure
• Kyrgyz: санкция (sanktsiya) — penalty or coercive measure
• Latvian: sankcija — penalty or coercive measure
• Lithuanian: sankcija — penalty or coercive measure
• Macedonian: санкција (sankcija) — penalty or coercive measure
• Malay: sanksi — penalty or coercive measure
• Malay: sekatan — penalty or coercive measure
• Mongolian: хориг (xorig) — penalty or coercive measure
• Norwegian Bokmål: sanksjon — penalty or coercive measure
• Persian: تحریم (tahrim) — penalty or coercive measure
• Polish: sankcja — penalty or coercive measure
• Portuguese: sanção — penalty or coercive measure
• Romanian: sancțiune — penalty or coercive measure
• Russian: са́нкция (sánkcija) — penalty or coercive measure
• Russian: наказа́ние (nakazánije) — penalty or coercive measure
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀нкција — penalty or coercive measure
• Serbo-Croatian: sànkcija — penalty or coercive measure
• Slovak: sankcia — penalty or coercive measure
• Slovene: sankcija — penalty or coercive measure
• Spanish: sanción — penalty or coercive measure
• Spanish: decreto — penalty or coercive measure
• Swahili: kwazo — penalty or coercive measure
• Swedish: sanktion — penalty or coercive measure
• Tagalog: sanksiyon — penalty or coercive measure
• Tagalog: sanksyon — penalty or coercive measure
• Tajik: муҷозот (mujozot) — penalty or coercive measure
• Tajik: таҳрим (tahrim) — penalty or coercive measure
• Thai: การลงโทษ (gaan-long-tôot) — penalty or coercive measure
• Turkish: yaptırım — penalty or coercive measure
• Turkmen: sanksiýa — penalty or coercive measure
• Ukrainian: са́нкція (sánkcija) — penalty or coercive measure
• Uzbek: sanksiya — penalty or coercive measure
• Vietnamese: hình phạt — penalty or coercive measure
• Welsh: sancsiwn — penalty or coercive measure
• Armenian: պատժամիջոց (patžamiǰocʻ) — stipulation specifying the above
• Armenian: սանկցիա (sankcʻia) — stipulation specifying the above
• French: décret — stipulation specifying the above
• German: Sanktionierung — stipulation specifying the above
• Japanese: 拘束 (kōsoku) — stipulation specifying the above
• Norwegian Bokmål: sanksjon — stipulation specifying the above
• Polish: sankcja — stipulation specifying the above
• Portuguese: sanção — stipulation specifying the above
• Russian: са́нкция (sánkcija) — stipulation specifying the above
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀нкција — stipulation specifying the above
• Serbo-Croatian: sànkcija — stipulation specifying the above
• Swahili: kwazo — stipulation specifying the above
• Belarusian: санкцыяні́раваць (sankcyjaníravacʹ) — to give authorization or approval to
• Bulgarian: разрешавам (razrešavam) — to give authorization or approval to
• Bulgarian: одобрявам (odobrjavam) — to give authorization or approval to
• Catalan: aprovar — to give authorization or approval to
• Chinese Mandarin: 批准 (pīzhǔn) — to give authorization or approval to
• Chinese Mandarin: 同意 (tóngyì) — to give authorization or approval to
• Chinese Mandarin: 認可 /认可 (rènkě) — to give authorization or approval to
• Finnish: antaa hyväksyntä — to give authorization or approval to
• Finnish: hyväksyä — to give authorization or approval to
• French: autoriser — to give authorization or approval to
• French: ratifier — to give authorization or approval to
• French: approuver — to give authorization or approval to
• German: sanktionieren — to give authorization or approval to
• Ancient Greek: δοκιμάζω (dokimázō) — to give authorization or approval to
• Italian: approvare — to give authorization or approval to
• Italian: sancire — to give authorization or approval to
• Italian: ratificare — to give authorization or approval to
• Japanese: 承認する (shōnin suru) — to give authorization or approval to
• Japanese: 認可する (ninka suru) — to give authorization or approval to
• Japanese: 許可する (kyoka suru) — to give authorization or approval to
• Norwegian: godkjenne — to give authorization or approval to
• Norwegian: tillate — to give authorization or approval to
• Polish: sankcjonować — to give authorization or approval to
• Portuguese: sancionar — to give authorization or approval to
• Russian: санкциони́ровать (sankcionírovatʹ) — to give authorization or approval to
• Spanish: ratificar — to give authorization or approval to
• Spanish: autorizar — to give authorization or approval to
• Spanish: aprobar — to give authorization or approval to
• Swahili: kwazo — to give authorization or approval to
• Ukrainian: санкціонува́ти (sankcionuváty) — to give authorization or approval to
• Vietnamese: phê chuẩn — to give authorization or approval to
• Vietnamese: chấp nhận — to give authorization or approval to
• Vietnamese: đồng ý — to give authorization or approval to
• Bulgarian: санкционирам (sankcioniram) — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Bulgarian: наказвам (nakazvam) — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Catalan: sancionar — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Chinese Mandarin: 制裁 (zhìcái) — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Dutch: sanctie — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Finnish: sanktioida — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• French: sanctionner — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• German: sanktionieren — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Italian: sanzionare — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Japanese: 制裁を加える (sēsai o kuwaeru) — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Norwegian: sanksjonere — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Norwegian: straffe — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Persian: تحریم (tahrim) — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Polish: nakładać sankcje — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Portuguese: sancionar — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Spanish: sancionar — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Spanish: empurar — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Swahili: kwazo — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Swedish: sanktionera — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Thai: ลงโทษ (long-tôot) — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law
• Vietnamese: phạt — to penalize a state, especially for violating international law