Sanctions

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Sanctions is the plural of sanction. (Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym.)

Sanctions can be

• International sanctions - punitive measures adopted by a country or group of countries against another nation for political reasons
  • Diplomatic sanctions - the reduction or removal of diplomatic ties, such as embassies.
  • Economic sanctions - typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors such as armaments, or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine)
  • Military sanctions - military intervention
• Trade sanctions - economic sanctions applied for non-political reasons, typically as part of a trade dispute, or for purely economic reasons, and typically involving tariffs or similar measures, rather than bans.
• In a legal context, sanctions are penalties imposed by the courts.
• In a sociology context, sanction may refer to social control.
• In Dragonlance, Sanction is the name of a city situated in the continent of Ansalon.