All 5 Uses of
sanction
in
The Lords of Discipline
- The residue of that long, sanctioned nightmare was still with me, and I wanted to tell these freshmen truthfully that no matter how much time had elapsed since that first day at the Institute, the one truth the system had taught me was this: A part of me would always be a plebe.†
Chpt 1.1
- In this repose, as cadets began their seven hours and fifteen minutes of officially sanctioned sleep, the insects cautiously came alive to begin their night rule of the barracks.†
Chpt 1.15 *
- It alerted the seniors of R Company that two of their classmates were victims of a conspiracy, a conspiracy sanctioned by the only tactical officer any of us had ever had at Carolina Military Institute.†
Chpt 4.43
- We did not receive a college education at the Institute, we received an indoctrination, and all our courses were designed to make us malleable, unimaginative, uninquisitive citizens of the republic, impregnable to ideas—or thought—unsanctioned by authority.†
Chpt 1.10unsanctioned = unapprovedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unsanctioned means not and reverses the meaning of sanctioned. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- It marked the first time the two groups fraternized together under official sanction.†
Chpt 2.21
Definitions:
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(1)
(sanction as in: cannot sanction such behavior) formal approvalIronically, this word has contradictory meanings that are frequently used. When selecting words for an audience who may not be sure of this word's contextual meaning, consider substituting a word like endorse for this sense of sanction.
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(2)
(sanction as in: sanctions against them) formal penaltyThis word has contradictory meanings that are frequently used. When selecting words for an audience who may not be sure of this word's contextual meaning, consider substituting words like penalize for this sense of sanction.