n.
1.formal and explicit approval
2.a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
3.official permission or approval
4.the act of final authorization sanction v.
1.give sanction to
2.give authority or permission to
3.give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
Idiom of the Day
pick up a trail/scent
to recognize the trail of a hunted person or animal
The tracking dogs were easily able to pick up the trail of the criminal.