sanctioning

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sanctioning
    adj 1: implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's
           duties were primarily sanctionative rather than
           administrative" [syn: {sanctionative}, {sanctioning}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sanction \Sanc"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sanctioned}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Sanctioning}.]
   To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
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         Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous
         experiments.                             --De Quincey.
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   Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.
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