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unsanction

unsanction verb: to free from sanctions.

Verb

unsanction (third-person singular simple present unsanctions, present participle unsanctioning, simple past and past participle unsanctioned)

  1. (transitive) To free from sanctions.
    • […] the AAU […] had not only refused to unsanction the meet but was also said to be contributing funds to bring in foreign competitors […]2003, Douglas Hartmann, Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete, page 103

Forms of unsanction

third-person singular presentunsanctions
present participleunsanctioning
past participleunsanctioned
pastunsanctioned

Origin of unsanction

From un- + sanction.

Questions about unsanction

What does unsanction mean?
Unsanction means to free from sanctions.
What part of speech is unsanction?
Unsanction is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsanction?
The past tense of unsanction is unsanctioned.

Words near unsanction in the dictionary

  1. unsanctify
  2. unsanctifying
  3. unsanctimonious
  4. unsanctimoniously
  5. unsanctimoniousness
  6. unsanction
  7. unsanctionability
  8. unsanctionable
  9. unsanctioned
  10. unsanctioning
  11. unsanctions

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