Ratification vs Sanction - What's the difference?
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the act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified
a formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above.
To ratify; to make valid.
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
To penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions.
As nouns the difference between ratification and sanction
is that ratification is the act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified while sanction is an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.As a verb sanction is
to ratify; to make valid.ratification
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(wikipedia ratification)Noun
(en noun)sanction
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(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.