A sanction may be either a permission or a restriction, depending upon context, as the word is an
auto-antonym
An auto-antonym or autantonym, also called a contronym or antagonym among other terms, is a word with multiple meanings (senses) of which one is the reverse of another. For example, the word '' cleave'' can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind togethe ...
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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 corpo ...
, 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
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Sanctions against North Korea
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Sanctions against Russia Sanctions, economic or international, that have been imposed on Russia include:
* International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–)
** Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, US legislation (2017)
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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 i ...
, 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
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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, a special name in mycology
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Wikipedia:Sanctions
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