A sanction may be either a permission or a restriction, depending upon context, as the word is an
auto-antonym.
Examples of sanctions include:
Government and law
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Sanctions (law)
Sanctions, in law and legal definition, are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations. Criminal sanctions can take the form of serious punishment, such as corpora ...
, penalties imposed by courts
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Economic sanctions
Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a targeted self-governing state, group, or individual. Economic sanctions are not necessarily imposed because of economic circumstances—they ...
, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors (such as armaments), or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine), e.g.,
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Sanctions against Iran
There have been a number of sanctions against Iran imposed by a number of countries, especially the United States, and international entities. Iran was the most sanctioned country in the world until it was surpassed by Russia following its inva ...
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Sanctions against North Korea
A number of countries and international bodies have imposed sanctions against North Korea. Currently, many sanctions are concerned with North Korea's nuclear weapons program and were imposed after its first nuclear test in 2006.
The United Sta ...
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Sanctions against Russia
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International sanctions
International sanctions are political and economic decisions that are part of diplomatic efforts by countries, multilateral or regional organizations against states or organizations either to protect national security interests, or to protect in ...
, coercive measures adopted by a country or a group of countries against another state or individual(s) in order to elicit a change in their behavior
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International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
International sanctions have been imposed against Russia and Crimea during the Russo-Ukrainian War by a large number of countries, including the United States, Canada, the European Union, and international organisations following the ...
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Pragmatic sanction, historically, a sovereign's solemn decree which addresses a matter of primary importance and which has the force of fundamental law
Arts, entertainment, and media
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The Eiger Sanction'', a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker
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''The Eiger Sanction'' (film), the 1975 film adaptation of Trevanian's novel
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The Loo Sanction'', Trevanian's 1973 sequel to ''The Eiger Sanction''
**Account Sanctions, a punishment in
Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Other uses
* Sanctions, a mechanism of
social control
See also
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Sanctioned name
In mycology, a sanctioned name is a name that was adopted (but not necessarily coined) in certain works of Christiaan Hendrik Persoon or Elias Magnus Fries, which are considered major points in fungal taxonomy.
Definition and effects
Sanctioned ...
, a special name in mycology
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