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- noun
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- authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance [Princeton Review]
- permission or approval for an action, a change, etc [Barron]
- approval (by authority); penalty [Nandigam]
- verb
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- to give effective or authoritative approval or consent to [Taisha]
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