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What is another word for
sanctioning
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Verb
Present participle for to accept or permit as satisfactory or conforming to the required standards or rules
Present participle for to penalize or discipline someone by imposing a sanction or penalty on
Present participle for to tolerate the existence or occurrence of something
Present participle for to enact or establish legally or legislatively
Present participle for to champion or endorse a cause
Present participle for to assist, support or back someone in their actions or endeavors
Present participle for to offer a recommendation
Present participle for to praise, either formally or officially
Present participle for to ask someone to do something in an urgent manner
Present participle for to withdraw or cancel funding for
(
arrive at
)
Present participle for to reach (a conclusion or decision)
Present participle for to cease to endorse
Present participle for to consider to be crucial or beneficial
Present participle for to feel a desire or liking for
Noun
Support for an idea or cause
The act of confirming or substantiating
Adjective
That permits or allows to happen
Allowing or giving consent or authorization
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to accept or permit as satisfactory or conforming to the required standards or rules
approving
authorising
UK
authorizing
US
allowing
endorsing
permitting
ratifying
warranting
accepting
accrediting
confirming
supporting
licensing
US
OKing
certifying
okaying
licencing
UK
countenancing
formalising
UK
formalizing
US
empowering
backing
entitling
commissioning
blessing
clearing
approbating
finalising
UK
finalizing
US
passing
homologating
agreeing to
consenting to
giving the nod
giving permission for
giving one's assent to
giving the thumbs up to
giving the green light to
giving the go-ahead
giving the green light
going for
getting behind
giving leave for
lending your name to
validating
legitimizing
US
legalizing
US
enabling
rubber-stamping
granting
legitimising
UK
assenting to
legalising
UK
qualifying
affirming
consenting
upholding
approving of
letting
recognizing
US
acceding to
adopting
vesting
signing
condoning
giving the go-ahead to
authenticating
recognising
UK
favoring
US
legitimatizing
favouring
UK
investing
advocating
signing off on
giving permission
chartering
establishing
going along with
acceding
vindicating
acquiescing
agreeing
giving the OK to
ordaining
justifying
vouching for
enacting
legitimating
legislating
acknowledging
championing
privileging
decriminalizing
US
making legal
promoting
decreeing
giving the stamp of approval to
decriminalising
UK
constituting
saying yes to
tolerating
assenting
defending
admitting
giving permission to
concurring
suffering
buying
corroborating
subscribing to
regulating
having
espousing
sealing
honouring
UK
honoring
US
acquiescing in
encouraging
mandating
saying the word
giving
giving someone leave
capacitating
installing
substantiating
endowing
recommending
humouring
UK
humoring
US
giving authority to
giving power to
abetting
accounting for
indulging
sponsoring
binding
giving the nod to
advising
giving stamp of approval
granting the right to
welcoming
giving leave to
rating
granting permission to
giving approval to
putting into effect
countersigning
shaking on
agreeing with
concurring with
excusing
cleaning up
sanctifying
giving the thumbs up
standing up for
delegating
esteeming
underwriting
franchising
providing
buttressing
rubber stamping
greenlighting
pronouncing lawful
appreciating
yessing
valuing
boosting
commending
verifying
furthering
urging
giving the right to
pushing
embracing
concurring in
plugging
investing in
proving
attesting
green-lighting
admitting of
giving a blank cheque to
advancing
acquiescing to
saying yes
explaining away
guaranteeing
inaugurating
backing up
circumstantiating
voting for
caring for
giving consent to
smiling on
bestowing
inducting
evidencing
demonstrating
underpinning
pressing for
arguing for
instating
taking to
rooting for
giving one's blessing to
campaigning for
lobbying for
normalizing
US
formulating
laundering
codifying
initiating
presenting
normalising
UK
meriting
enfranchising
asserting
sustaining
seconding
rationalizing
US
facilitating
charging
enthroning
subscribing
leaving
helping
bankrolling
carrying
dittoing
complying
crowning
entrusting
financing
attesting to
giving weight to
lending weight to
making
avowing
initialling
UK
initialing
US
necessitating
giving substance to
checking out
showing to be true
showing beyond doubt
giving credence to
testifying to
whitewashing
maintaining
undertaking
engaging
according
subsidizing
US
receiving
putting the seal of approval on
coming round
entertaining
contributing to
making valid
bolstering
praising
legislating for
rationalising
UK
eulogizing
US
eulogising
UK
granting the right
patronizing
US
giving authorization to
granting leave to
granting a permit to
granting authority to
granting a licence to
giving a permit to
giving a licence to
granting authorization to
buying into
swearing in
voting in
giving the go-ahead for
letting pass
giving money to
giving a donation to
giving backing to
subsidising
UK
patronising
UK
indorsing
qualifying for
laying down
propping up
giving authority
standing for
taking up
offering grounds for
hearing of
giving ground for
receiving gladly
tilting toward
holding with
stumping for
bucking for
giving green light
taking a shine to
siding with
thinking well of
taking a liking to
regarding highly
giving the OK
looking up to
falling in with
putting John Hancock on
making into law
flashing on
notarizing
giving one's consent
indemnifying
assuming
declaring legal
conferring a right to
declaring lawful
enduring
certificating
making binding
making stick
setting seal on
equipping
appointing
deserving
demanding
making legally binding
letting someone have
conceding
greeting
requiring
earning
giving authority for
cosigning
giving a diploma to
giving a certificate to
giving the green light for
entailing
giving go-ahead
giving the seal of approval to
giving a right to
giving one's word
giving something the go ahead
brooking
according with
giving the power to
investing with power
giving the means to
giving means to
giving someone the authority
coronating
allowing to happen
calling for
giving consent for
lapping up
officially approving
believing in
bearing out
taking kindly to
obliging
offering
pushing for
making law
giving approval for
gaining
taking
accommodating
conferring
bearing the brunt of
coping with
allowing to
engaging in
permitting to
nodding through
dignifying
ennobling
determining
taking something on board
taking on board
valorizing
making eligible
conforming
gracing
awarding
accepting as valid
sitting still for
giving the right
living with
prescribing
nodding at
giving the okay to
going with the flow
clinching
suggesting
consigning
regularizing
US
conferring a right
furthering the interests of
giving a boost to
forwarding
opening doors
giving the O.K.
giving okay
saying the magic word
regularising
UK
assigning value
assigning merit
proposing
arming
aiding
anointing
arranging
contributing
heeding
saying uncle
giving in
knuckling under
caving in
passing on
touting
seating
assisting
endowing in
conferring on
vesting in
bestowing on
cutting a deal
striking
preferring
consecrating
bailing out
launching
delivering
mentoring
cooperating
backstopping
reinforcing
profiting
reenforcing
giving five
deferring
yielding
baptizing
US
funding
entrusting to
granting to
giving to
consigning to
speaking for
mitigating
explaining
bowing down to
deferring to
toing the mark
conforming to
playing along with
submitting to
paying attention to
complying with
toing the line
taking to heart
sticking up for
going in for
throwing your weight behind
standing behind
aiding and abetting
taking on
taking up the cudgels for
allying oneself with
receiving enthusiastically
getting into
receiving wholeheartedly
building up
going with
riding shotgun
running interference for
plunking for
getting on bandwagon
giving a leg up
plumping for
campaigning on behalf of
saying so
holding a brief for
pleading for
going to bat for
giving a lift
bracing up
spreading around
coming to an agreement on
agreeing on
settling on
signing on
pretexting
benefiting
benefitting
bequeathing
baptising
UK
alibiing
appeasing
covering
nurturing
admitting to office
providing an explanation for
providing a justification for
making a case for
succouring
UK
succoring
US
lending support to
paving the way for
looking on with favour
giving your blessing
giving carte blanche
giving someone authorization
more ❯
“In the meantime, the prince showed himself ready to
sanction
the use of violence to bolster his position.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to penalize or discipline someone by imposing a sanction or penalty on
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
disciplining
punishing
chastising
bringing to book
throwing the book at
rapping knuckles
slapping someone's wrist
disciplining someone for
condemning
sentencing
reprimanding
chastening
castigating
lambasting
coming down on
reprehending
rebuking
upbraiding
carpeting
giving a rocket
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone a roasting
dressing down
rapping over the knuckles
coming down on like a ton of bricks
laying down the law
correcting
reproving
admonishing
chiding
scolding
pitching into
criticising
UK
hauling over the coals
lacing to
laying into
basting
telling off
teaching a lesson
giving a talking-to
tearing into
taking to task
giving someone a telling-off
calling down
finding fault with
giving someone a rating
nagging
putting on the mat
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone hell
meting out punishment to
criticizing
US
ranting at
chewing out
tearing off a strip
blasting
reading the riot act
remonstrating with
reproaching
tongue-lashing
berating
railing at
giving someone a mouthful
cracking down on
ragging
giving someone an earful
lecturing
reaming out
giving someone a bollocking
denouncing
rowing
railing
giving someone a wigging
bawling out
jumping on
cavilling
UK
slating
giving someone some stick
lighting to
recompensing
reprobating
reviling
giving someone a caning
rapping
wigging
giving a lesson to
rating
reaming
disparaging
having a go at
trimming
cautioning
caviling
US
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
giving someone what for
keelhauling
railing against
recriminating
jawing
letting someone have it
vilifying
censuring
bollocking
ticking off
objurgating
giving someone a row
taking disciplinary action against
blowing up
slapping down
raking over the coals
expostulating
blaming
making an example of
vituperating
pulling up
yelling at
scapegoating
giving someone the works
giving something a going-over
tanning someone's hide
giving it to someone
visiting
giving the business
abusing
aspersing
flaying
taking to the woodshed
jumping down someone's throat
going on at
scoring
biting someone's head off
taunting
having someone on the carpet
hammering
preaching
putting down
threaping
keeping after
punishing severely
fining
rapping on knuckles
pummelling
UK
speaking
adjuring
giving a going over
pummeling
advising
coming down hard on
telling a thing or two
counseling
US
slapping on wrist
counselling
UK
warning
strongly criticizing
drawing the line
giving someone stick
calling on the carpet
giving a piece of one's mind
talking to
putting on the carpet
more ❯
“We are currently examining the different means at our disposal to
sanction
them.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to tolerate the existence or occurrence of something
abiding
accepting
allowing
bearing
biding
brooking
countenancing
enduring
hacking
permitting
standing
stomaching
suffering
supporting
sustaining
swallowing
taking
tolerating
wearing
withstanding
going along with
going with
living with
putting up with
standing for
sticking out
condoning
indulging
handling
undergoing
absorbing
meeting
pocketing
tholing
going
sticking
acceding to
submitting to
approving of
agreeing to
admitting of
sweating out
hanging in there
hanging in
coping with
sitting tight
hearing of
entertaining
authorizing
US
authorising
UK
falling for
excusing
understanding
pardoning
forgiving
making allowances for
making allowance
laughing off
accepting apology for
allowing for
bearing with
weathering
braving
going through
experiencing
facing
abiding by
living through
encountering
resisting
grinning and bear it
approving
seeing
surviving
endorsing
admitting
warranting
dealing with
toughing out
meeting with
riding out
sitting through
feeling
standing up to
digesting
coping
having
conceding
passing
receiving
seeing through
taking kindly to
yielding to
lumping it
sticking with
consenting to
waiting out
facing up to
staying the course
resigning oneself to
bearing the brunt of
grinning and bear
tasting
persevering
knowing
persisting
witnessing
sweating
defying
okaying
confronting
shouldering
submitting
fulfilling
holding out against
nodding at
hanging tough
giving green light
taking something lying down
sitting and taking it
coming in for
conceding to
taking patiently
bowing to
becoming accustomed to
becoming resigned to
becoming reconciled to
subjecting oneself to
getting used to
reconciling oneself to
making the best of
coming up against
taking on
holding with
bearing up under
grappling with
learning to live with
contending with
sticking it out
managing
helping
lumping
buying
reconciling
maintaining
assuming
acquiescing
licencing
UK
licensing
US
blinking at
winking at
sitting still for
withstanding subjection to
passing through
resigning yourself
reconciling oneself
keeping up with
biting the bullet
submitting oneself to
carrying
coming to grips with
standing firm against
sitting out
toughing out it
seeing out
getting on with
taking it
seeing through to the bitter end
green-lighting
acquiescing to
withtaking
adjusting to
onfanging
acclimatizing oneself to
surrendering to
capitulating to
sitting and take
accommodating oneself to
eating
living out
weathering the storm
outlasting
overcoming
surmounting
gainstanding
withstaying
gainstaying
withsitting
withsetting
undertaking
observing
bowing
sharing
yielding
deferring
obeying
following
dying hard against
bearing up against
prevailing against
pulling through
holding out
getting through
persisting with
persevering against
coming through
daring
tackling
honoring
US
respecting
honouring
UK
appeasing
engaging
humoring
US
heeding
humouring
UK
fighting
acknowledging
battling
courting
risking
challenging
eyeballing
opposing
crossing
bearding
complying with
adhering to
engaging in
bearing up
taking it lying down
acquiescing in
playing it by the book
stooping to
playing by the rules
conforming to
keeping in step
toing the line
brazening
playing against
going up against
venturing
coming to grips
making a stand
playing
bracing for
breasting
affronting
outbraving
flying in face of
meeting head-on
squaring off
accosting
outfacing
taking the bull by the horns
more ❯
“I can no longer
sanction
by my silence a system that rests on a foundation of lies.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to enact or establish legally or legislatively
enacting
decreeing
legislating
passing
ratifying
approving
authorising
UK
authorizing
US
constituting
ordaining
establishing
legalising
UK
legalizing
US
validating
instituting
imposing
ordering
endorsing
ruling
dictating
proclaiming
effecting
formulating
fixing
setting
executing
implementing
effectuating
determining
commanding
making
OKing
accepting
appointing
accomplishing
railroading
steamrolling
transacting
laying down
voting in
making laws
bringing about
bringing into effect
bringing to bear
carrying through
putting through
putting in force
giving the go-ahead to
making law
making into law
putting into practice
giving the OK to
giving the green light to
jamming through
railroading through
voting favorably
getting the floor
giving the seal of approval to
giving the thumbs up to
declaring
drafting
pursuing
advancing
organising
UK
installing
administering
organizing
US
drawing up
fulfilling
introducing
conducting
carrying out
initiating
inaugurating
inducting
ushering in
setting up
coming up with
forming
practising
UK
practicing
US
engaging in
arranging
waging
confirming
pulling off
compassing
negotiating
carrying off
following through with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to champion or endorse a cause
encouraging
championing
endorsing
advocating
backing
supporting
favoring
US
favouring
UK
espousing
upholding
countenancing
commending
sustaining
seconding
indorsing
patronising
UK
patronizing
US
embracing
touting
affirming
inviting
siding with
backing up
arguing for
subscribing to
rooting for
campaigning for
speaking for
getting behind
agitating for
working for
going for
lending support to
pulling for
standing behind
plumping for
plunking for
standing up for
going to bat for
throwing your weight behind
voting for
allying oneself with
sticking by
taking up the cudgels for
falling in with
rallying round
sticking up for
advocating for
throwing in with
voting
approbating
applauding
plugging
throwing in one's lot with
taking someone's part
giving help to
taking one's side
helping
aiding
promoting
assisting
defending
abetting
backstopping
smiling on
approving of
boosting
propping up
allying
grubstaking
abiding by
giving a boost
giving a leg up
giving a lift
giving one's blessing to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to assist, support or back someone in their actions or endeavors
abetting
supporting
backing
championing
favouring
UK
favoring
US
upholding
endorsing
helping
advocating
aiding
assisting
furthering
seconding
sustaining
backstopping
boosting
countenancing
succoring
US
succouring
UK
condoning
expediting
forwarding
prompting
urging
fostering
pushing
spurring
siding with
backing up
propping up
going along with
collaborating with
conniving with
cooperating with
lending a hand
working with
conniving at
giving a push to
colluding with
Verb
▲
Present participle for to offer a recommendation
advising
recommending
suggesting
advocating
proposing
urging
advancing
endorsing
pushing
admonishing
commending
counselling
UK
counseling
US
encouraging
enjoining
espousing
favoring
US
favouring
UK
championing
extolling
supporting
backing
bidding
countenancing
nominating
plugging
prescribing
promoting
exhorting
furthering
moving
prompting
adjuring
charging
commanding
indorsing
opining
touting
pressing for
pushing for
arguing for
lobbying for
rooting for
speaking for
stumping for
calling for
campaigning for
putting forward
subscribing to
vouching for
speaking favorably of
going on record for
speaking in favor of
beating the drum for
offering recommendation
preaching
propositioning
speaking in favour of
praising
seconding
bigging up
speaking favourably of
putting in a good word
approving of
looking with favour on
speaking well of
thinking highly of
swearing by
speaking highly of
insisting on
offering
proffering
tabling
posing
tipping
presenting
submitting
mentioning
fronting for
offering a suggestion
standing by
bigging something up
putting up
holding up
tipping off
giving a tip
exalting
rating
valuing
banking on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to praise, either formally or officially
commending
praising
lauding
acclaiming
applauding
extolling
honouring
UK
glorifying
honoring
US
complimenting
saluting
eulogising
UK
eulogizing
US
admiring
panegyrizing
hailing
emblazoning
cheering
toasting
ballyhooing
stroking
congratulating
boosting
accrediting
approving
clapping
countenancing
mentioning
paying tribute to
singing the praises of
paying homage to
speaking highly of
heaping praise on
bigging up
waxing lyrical about
crying up
looking on with favour
speaking well of
building up
going into raptures about
handing it to
praising to the skies
puffing up
hearing it for
giving a posy
aggrandizing
endorsing
celebrating
appreciating
encouraging
touting
crediting
cracking up
raving about
recommending
advocating
expressing admiration for
approving of
expressing approval of
ennobling
paying respects to
saying nice things about
showing appreciation for
proclaiming
distinguishing
taking one's hat off to
citing
dignifying
throwing bouquets at
making much of
exalting
magnifying
lionizing
US
lionising
UK
revering
hymning
venerating
worshiping
US
worshipping
UK
commemorating
recognizing
US
recognising
UK
reverencing
flattering
bigging something up
idolizing
US
adoring
resounding
blessing
idolising
UK
esteeming
carolling
UK
caroling
US
welcoming
raving
singing
acknowledging
putting on a pedestal
singing paeans to
rhapsodizing over
going into raptures over
vaunting
rooting
valuing
respecting
subliming
uprearing
erecting
observing
feting
showing appreciation of
giving recognition to
looking up to
cracking someone up
elevating
praising enthusiastically
idealizing
US
gushing about
enthusing about
enthusing over
gushing over
apotheosizing
glamorizing
US
romanticizing
US
going on about
augmenting
expressing delight over
going wild about
glamourizing
idealising
UK
glamorising
UK
romanticising
UK
felicitating
glamouring up
sanctifying
hallowing
rhapsodizing
US
pushing
memorializing
US
decorating
prizing
adulating
solemnizing
US
raving over
rhapsodising
UK
giving accolades to
giving credit to
hero-worshipping
sounding the praises of
singing praises
solemnising
UK
memorialising
UK
giving bouquet
waxing lyrical
rhapsodizing about
giving a bouquet
rolling out red carpet
patting on back
giving key to city
giving glad hand
deifying
hurrahing
hurraying
supporting
affirming
upholding
favouring
UK
favoring
US
transfiguring
haloing
enhancing
plugging
lifting
heroizing
paying respects
promoting
increasing
adorning
publicizing
US
hiking
singing praises of
taking off hat to
holding in high regard
rooting for
remembering
giving it up for
holding in high esteem
holding in awe
giving approval
giving kudos
enthusing
keeping
giving ovation
expressing respect for
setting on a pedestal
gushing
signalising
UK
publicising
UK
signalizing
US
lifting up
showing appreciation
effusing
adding distinction to
fussing
putting up
adding dignity to
slobbering
adding lustre to
drooling
giving praise to
marking
immortalizing
US
immortalising
UK
bestowing honour on
making a fuss over
making a fuss of
showing respect
rolling out the red carpet
effervescing
bubbling
expressing admiration of
belauding
showing gratitude to
falling all over
making a to-do
carrying on about
giving a big cigar
wishing happy returns
wishing joy to
giving regards
wishing one well
rejoicing with
bragging about
giving a boost to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ask someone to do something in an urgent manner
urging
pressing
prompting
goading
exhorting
begging
encouraging
enjoining
pleading
prodding
adjuring
admonishing
beseeching
entreating
imploring
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
compelling
influencing
pushing
spurring
appealing
constraining
dragooning
insisting
pressuring
requesting
asking
inducing
instigating
maneuvering
US
manoeuvring
UK
moving
nagging
nudging
propelling
soliciting
proposing
stimulating
wheedling
advancing
beckoning
charging
commending
conjuring
countenancing
inciting
inspiring
promoting
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
tempting
egging on
calling on
appealing to
insisting on
leaning on
prevailing on
pushing for
putting up to
psyching up
putting the heat on
trying to persuade
using pressure on
bulldozing into
putting pressure on
putting the screws on
railroading into
twisting someone's arm
firing up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to withdraw or cancel funding for
defunding
decapitalizing
uncapitalizing
starving
withdrawing funding
ending funding
withdrawing backing
Verb
▲
(
arrive at
)
Present participle for to reach (a conclusion or decision)
arriving
reaching
achieving
attaining
establishing
accomplishing
gaining
negotiating
striking
clinching
hitting
ratifying
endorsing
signing
thrashing out
working out
drawing up
hammering out
putting together
settling on
arriving at
coming to
deciding on
hashing out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cease to endorse
disendorsing
renouncing
repudiating
rescinding
retracting
Verb
▲
Present participle for to consider to be crucial or beneficial
valuing
appreciating
rating
esteeming
rating highly
holding in high esteem
holding in high regard
holding dear
having a high opinion of
thinking highly of
thinking much of
setting store by
setting great store by
attaching importance to
extolling the virtues of
embracing
respecting
admiring
prizing
cherishing
revering
treasuring
loving
regarding highly
valuing highly
venerating
adoring
encouraging
endorsing
liking
relishing
valorizing
having a penchant for
having a predilection for
having a proclivity for
Verb
▲
Present participle for to feel a desire or liking for
fancying
desiring
wanting
liking
craving
loving
desiderating
enjoying
favoring
US
favouring
UK
preferring
relishing
adoring
coveting
digging
savoring
US
savouring
UK
endorsing
longing for
wishing for
caring for
dreaming of
feeling like
yearning for
hankering after
having a craving for
having a yearning for
hungering for
pining for
taking to
thirsting for
approving of
delighting in
getting off on
itching for
rejoicing in
reveling in
setting one's heart on
taking a liking to
falling for
having a yen for
sighing for
Noun
▲
Support for an idea or cause
advocacy
backing
support
advancement
promotion
encouragement
championship
endorsement
assistance
championing
sponsorship
espousal
boosterism
aid
favoring
US
favouring
UK
recommendation
supporting
urging
defence
UK
endorsing
promoting
espousing
defense
US
promulgation
propagation
recommending
upholding
acceptance
activism
approval
proposal
approving
justification
spokesmanship
calling for
arguing for
argument for
pressing for
pushing for
support for
campaigning for
pleading for
advising in favour
tireless support
furtherance
adoption
embracing
welcome
advance
furthering
boost
cultivation
advancing
sponsoring
fostering
campaigning
wholehearted reception
favour
UK
stimulation
help
favor
US
vouching for
siding with
boosting
strengthening
fuelling
UK
forwarding
reinforcement
nurture
enthusiastic reception
taking up
fueling
US
affirmation
advising in favor
permission
agreement
patronage
OK
consent
development
blessing
authorization
US
licence
license
approbation
go-ahead
sanction
ratification
nod
okay
nurturing
nurturance
authorisation
UK
green light
thumbs up
seal of approval
confirmation
validation
guardianship
assent
leave
auspices
clearance
aegis
authority
auspice
solidarity
acquiescence
imprimatur
dispensation
betterment
O.K.
fiat
rubber stamp
countenance
buy-in
say-so
permit
devotion to
liberty
yes
preferment
progress
preference
exaltation
ennoblement
prelation
love
protection
patronization
concurrence
allowance
moral support
sufferance
contribution to
granting
recognition
understanding
mentoring
word
stamp
funding
egis
helping
abetting
facilitating
aiding
assisting
care
raising
financing
advantage
stamp of approval
pushing
acceleration
succouring
UK
improvement
hastening
investment
grant
benefit
profit
guaranty
philanthropy
looking after
expediting
elevation
welfare
subsidy
benefaction
pursuit
enhancement
augmentation
succoring
US
warrant
prosecution
certification
speeding up
carrying-out
service
authentication
good
testimonial
commendation
side
signature
behalf
concern
sake
place
part
cause
representation
stead
account
the nod
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of confirming or substantiating
validation
confirmation
evidence
proof
attestation
substantiation
ratification
corroboration
endorsement
approval
testimony
verification
testament
witness
authorisation
UK
authorization
US
sanction
acceptance
documentation
authentication
agreement
consent
testimonial
support
affirmation
certification
voucher
demonstration
assent
warrant
passing
nod
okay
passage
accord
recognition
admission
proving
avowal
validating
justification
legalisation
UK
legalization
US
accepting
affirming
authenticating
authorising
UK
authorizing
US
corroborating
supporting
verifying
visa
green light
stamp of approval
go ahead
acknowledgment
US
adoption
acknowledgement
UK
accreditation
ratifying
enactment
proclamation
ordaining
establishment
approving
legislation
decreeing
legislating
appliance
implementation
application
making law
affidavit
statement
defence
UK
defense
US
assurance
formalization
US
formalisation
UK
consent to
agreement to
embracing
espousal
promotion
backing
official approval
approbation
embracement
rubber-stamping
indication
manifestation
permission
licence
license
OK
blessing
grounds
go-ahead
seal of approval
say-so
imprimatur
case
reason
vindication
argument
favor
US
favour
UK
thumbs up
reinforcement
acquiescence
clearance
declaration
concurrence
rationale
leave
allowance
excuse
reasoning
sign
explanation
O.K.
rationalization
US
display
data
rationalisation
UK
rubber stamp
averment
facts
authority
reflection
information
recommendation
countenance
mandate
basis
foundation
expression
sanctification
raison d'être
why and wherefore
signal
exemplification
encouragement
yes
documents
guarantee
tribute
compliance
monument
show
advocacy
clincher
the nod
dispensation
fiat
sufferance
premise
reasons
credentials
granting
smoking gun
pretext
concession
permit
charter
logic
endorsation
thinking
seal
principle
motivation
sense
theory
carte blanche
motive
thesis
philosophy
account
story
whatfor
solemnization
celebration
logical basis
song and dance
benediction
sureness
bolstering
reassertion
illustration
legitimization
suggestion
warranty
accession
credential
certificate
flaunting
exhibition
notification
info
cincher
citations
records
papers
assenting
acceding
good wishes
word
stamp
accounting
whys and wherefores
whyfor
sour grapes
the big idea
the whole idea
hypothesis
checking
confirming
substantiating
access
right
formal acceptance
signing
assertion
privilege
freedom
power
entitlement
profession
exemption
liberty
prerogative
condonance
tolerance
discretion
empowerment
claim
probate
impunity
pass
latitude
run
order
toleration
decree
condonation
admittance
command
protestation
blank cheque
green-light
free hand
no objection
all clear
say so
free rein
ammunition
avouchment
record
exhibit
trace
crosscheck
goods
championship
pledge
oath
insistence
paper trail
vow
straight stuff
championing
patronage
upholding
pronouncement
commendation
argumentation
apology
double-checking
signature
connection
plea
maintenance
syllogism
ratiocination
absolution
rationality
mitigation
exoneration
extenuation
exculpation
apologia
good sense
school of thought
whitewashing
wherefore
answer
palliation
palliative
acquittal
alibi
enunciation
just cause
whole idea
mental gymnastics
more ❯
Adjective
▲
That permits or allows to happen
enabling
permissive
facultative
Adjective
▲
Allowing or giving consent or authorization
permitting
consenting
authorising
UK
authorizing
US
granting
licencing
UK
licensing
US
allowing
lenient
permissive
tolerating
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