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sanction

 
 
/ˈsæŋkʃən/ verb [T]

Translation

to formally approve of something
resmî izin vermek, onaylamak
He refused to sanction the publication of his private letters.686
(Definition of sanction verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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