Editing Sanction

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A '''sanction''' may be either a permission or a restriction, depending upon context, as the word is an [[auto-antonym]].

Examples of sanctions include:
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==Government and law==
* [[Sanctions (law)]], penalties imposed by courts
* [[Economic sanctions]], typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors (such as armaments), or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine), e.g.,
** [[Sanctions against Iran]]
** [[Sanctions against North Korea]]
* [[International sanctions]], 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
** [[International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War]]
* [[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 ==
* [[The Eiger Sanction (novel)|''The Eiger Sanction'' (novel)]], a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker
* [[The Eiger Sanction (film)|''The Eiger Sanction'' (film)]], the 1975 film adaptation of Trevanian's novel
* ''[[The Loo Sanction]]'', Trevanian's 1973 sequel to ''The Eiger Sanction''
=== Television episodes ===
* "Sanction", [[List of Freezing episodes#ep7|''Freezing'' season 1, episode 7]] (2011)
* "Sanctions", [[Gangsta (manga)#ep5|''Gangsta'' episode 5]] (2015)
* "The Sanction", [[V (1984 TV series)#ep5|''V: The Series'' episode 5]] (1984)

==Other uses==
* Sanctions, a mechanism of [[social control]]
* [[Sports governing body]] or sanctioning body

==See also==
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* [[Sanctions involving Russia]]
* [[Sanctioned name]], a special name in mycology
* [[Wikipedia:Sanctions]]
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