All sanction antonyms
sancΒ·tion
S s verb sanction
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- have no use for β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- lower the boom β Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- find fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- adios β goodbye; farewell
- go back on β at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- exudate β An exuded substance, in particular.
- disconfirm β to prove to be invalid.
- have nothing to do with β not associate with
- disestablish β to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- let slide β to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- damping β moistening or wetting
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- except β Specify as not included in a category or group; exclude.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- boycott β If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- groused β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- kick up a fuss β (Idiomatic) To show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality.
- have out β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- faulted β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- look askance β glance sidelong or with suspicion
- offed β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- disfavored β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- debrief β When someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is debriefed, they are asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed.
- exscind β (medicine, surgery) To cut out.
- counter check β a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- denunciate β to condemn; denounce
noun sanction
- nonconcurrence β refusal or failure to concur.
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- heterodoxy β heterodox state or quality.
- nonconformism β The refusal to conform to common standards, conventions, rules, traditions or laws.
- in-junction β Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- zapper β to kill or shoot.
- nonconformity β failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- querulousness β The quality of being querulous.
- nonconsent β Lack of consent.
- flak β antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- causticness β The state or quality of being caustic.
- despisement β contempt; despisal
- don't β contraction of do not.
- coventry β a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954β62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- controversion β (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- contraries β opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.